Located of the brainstem; controls breathing and heartbeat; connects the medulla to the two sides of the cerebellum to help coordinate and integrate movement on each side of side of the body; involved in sleep and dreaming.
Serious symptoms related to the bite of a brown recluse spider include low platelet count, destruction of the red blood cells, blot clots in capillaries, inability to form clots, acute renal failure or kidney damage, coma, and death.
Brown recluse or hobo spider bites cause tissue death at the bite location. Symptoms of a brown recluse bite can include an itchy red wound that has a white ring, bruising, nausea and fever. If left untreated, a brown recluse or hobo spider bite can cause deep tissue injury. Symptoms of a brown recluse or hobo spider bite can take between 10 hours and three days to show themselves.