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A five-year-old girl has been left unable to walk after waking up covered in a rash “head to toe” following a bite from a noble false widow spider. Lily Hodgson complained of a painful ankle before her face became itchy by bedtime. Her mum Genna Hunt thought it was a reaction to food and gave her antihistamines. But during the night Hunt woke to find her daughter covered in rashes. She said: “I woke at 3am as Lily felt hot next to me. I put the light on and nearly screamed at her poor face. “I woke her up and she was covered in this strange rash literally head to toe. “The worst it got was whe…

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