Eight years on, Australian woman's treatment for Redback Spider bite still in progress. Here’s why

Jenna Allen, 28, living in Australia was bit by 'Australian black widow' Redback Spider in 2014 when she was helping people during the time of floods. She put her hand in a box during the storm, and something bit her.

She later found out that she was bit by a Redback Spider, which is very poisonous and is also called the Australian Black Widow.

Jenna started to cry as soon as the Australian Black Widow bit her, and she experienced vomiting and loose motions. A report suggests that she was taken to a nearby hospital for a check-up, but no anti-venom was immediately available for the Australian Black Widow in 2014.




She had to be kept in an ICU in another hospital eventually. Once she got her primary treatment, she was shifted to Bendigo Hospital in Victoria, where her skin started to graft, and she had to spend two months in the hospital.

Later, she saw a bite mark similar to a mosquito bite on her skin. It bursted after the wound grew, and she consulted a doctor immediately. The doctor explained how cancer cells were now forming and spreading all over her hand. Unfortunately, her hands look rotten now.

Her treatment is still underway, and the cost of treatment is massively high. However, she is medically insured.