Brazilian wandering spider
The Brazilian wandering spider is a large, hairy spider whose bite is medically significant. It lives in parts of South America, including Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, and it is often found near homes. Its bite can cause severe pain and dangerous effects on the heart and breathing.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
The venom contains neurotoxic peptides, which attack the nerves. These act as calcium channel blockers that disrupt how nerve cells send signals. The venom also causes intense pain and inflammation. At deadly concentrations it causes loss of muscle control, breathing problems, paralysis and eventual asphyxiation. Other symptoms reported include priapism, a rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock, fluid in the lungs and convulsions.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.Its bite can be life-threatening, and several deaths are documented. Between 1925 and 1945, 415 bites by this species were recorded, and 400 of those people needed antivenom. The spider can give a dry bite with no venom, or a bite with only a small dose.1
Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
When threatened, it raises its first two pairs of legs as a warning.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- In the documented cases, victims were treated in hospital with anaesthetics, tetanus prophylaxis, antivenom and fluid replacement. Recovery could take about 36 hours after a bite.1
- Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo uze ubeke ipakethi yomkhenkce kuyo ngenxa yeentlungu. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba iintlungu zinamandla, ziyasasazeka okanye umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinci
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-170 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Brazilian wandering spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
A venom component called Tx2-6 is being studied for use in treatments for erectile dysfunction.1
Humans may be about ten times more sensitive to the venom than mice.1
Females may attack males after mating.1
Males perform a dance to attract females, and males may fight each other during courtship.1
Females can store sperm in a separate chamber until they are ready to fertilise their eggs.1
The average venom yield is 1.25 mg, and 0.4 mg in winter.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Phoneutria nigriventer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phoneutria nigriventer (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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