Deadly bite ... Orlando Jimenez is fighting for his life after being bitten by a spider in a toilet in Peru. Picture: CEN/ Australscope
A man is fighting for his life after being bitten by one of the world’s most dangerous spiders in a toilet in Peru.
The 31-year-old is suffering from kidney and liver failure and the toxins have also attacked his left eye and ear.
The victim, Orlando Jimenez, is currently being treated by doctors at Honorio Delgado Espinoza hospital in Arequipa, in southern Peru.
His parents are paying about $300 a day for dialysis, transfusions and medications and have created a Facebook page to ask for financial support.
They have released images of him lying in his hospital bed to highlight his plight on social media which shows the way the ear is started to rot and also his eyelid has turned black and rotten.
Horrific ... The venom from the spider is so strong that Orlando’s skin has started to rot. Picture: CEN/ AustralscopeSource:australscope
His mother Felicitas, from the southern Province of Islay, said the spider fell on him when he was outside his college bathroom and bit his left ear.
Within minutes his health deteriorated and they took him to local health centre where he was given an antidote, but his state worsened and he is now in an intensive care unit with his life in the balance.
Regarded by some as the world’s most dangerous spider, the Recluse spider contains a venom which causes necrosis of the skin.
It’s a native species of South American countries including Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Dangerous ... The Recluse spider can grow up to 3.8cm in size and unusually has six eyes instead of eight.Source:Supplied
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