Mum taken to hospital TWICE after spider bite left her unable to walk - PHOTO

Arachnophobe Julie, 42, was left unable to walk and had to be given antibiotics through a drip after she was bitten at a friend’s barbecue.The Mirror today published a cut-out-and-keep guide to the giant spiders - a mild summer means they have grown bigger than ever - expected to move into our homes as winter approaches.Secretary Julie, from Hull, East Yorks, said: “At the moment I feel like a nervous wreck.“I have been having panic attacks and freaking out - I was never like this before.“All this has made me feel really poorly.“I don’t know if I got bitten while I was at the barbecue or when I got home, but when I woke up on the Sunday morning I noticed there was quite a big mark on my leg.“By tea-time, a blister was forming and half of my leg was red.”Terrified Julie called the NHS 111 service for advice about the bite and was told to go to her nearest walk-in centre, where she was given antibiotics and told to go to hospital if her symptoms worsened.Worried she was going into shock, Julie went to Hull Royal Infirmary where she was admitted for three days and given antibiotics through a drip.She added: “The doctors said that because the bite had blistered, they knew it was caused by a spider.“I have been bitten by mosquitoes before and never had a reaction like this so it is obviously something in the spider’s bite.“I came out of hospital on the Wednesday and went back to work on the Friday, but by the Sunday I felt worse than ever.“I was re-admitted to hospital for another three days. I was absolutely gutted because I missed my youngest child’s first day at school.“I’ve become really paranoid. Now I always shake my clothes before I put them on to check there are no spiders hiding.”Experts say high temperatures during the summer has led to spiders growing bigger than ever.Entomologist Barry Warrington said: “I have definitely seen a difference this year.“The spiders are much larger and part of the reason for that is because of the good weather we have been having lately.“Now, as the nights are drawing in, people will start to notice more spiders in their homes.“The males, which are larger, will roam about looking for a female and this is when they are often encountered indoors, as well as looking for warmer places to hide.”(mirror.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az