A dad feared he'd been spiked on a boozy trip to a pub beer garden with pals - only to discover it was a horror reaction to a false widow spider bite. Nathan Green felt the 'ticklish' moment the eight-legged fiend sunk its fangs into the back of his right calf while out with pals, but thought nothing of it and merely brushed the irritant away.
The tug company manager tumbled into bed shivering and feeling unwell and the following day woke up feeling 'like he'd been run over' - fearing he'd fallen victim to a drink spiking. But when a 'small football-sized' blister bubbled up on his right calf and his leg ballooned to triple its size 24 hours later, he was ordered to go to A&E by wife Dawn Green.There, doctors assessed the 50-year-old's bright red and swollen leg and revealed it was a reaction to a spider bite.
Stomach-churning photos show how yellow blisters erupted on the dad-of-three's leg before doctors were forced to pierce and drain them - leaving him with a foot-long patch of raw, painful skin. Three months on from his ordeal, Nathan's leg is almost fully healed and he's now urging people to be wary of the tiny terrors and, if bitten, get medical help straight away.
