Orlando Andrés Jiménez, known to friends as 'Chamo', is seriously ill after suffering a bite on the neck from a Chilean recluse spider
A student is fighting for life after he was bitten on the neck by one of the world's most dangerous spiders.
Orlando Andrés Jiménez, known to friends as 'Chamo', is suffering severe kidney failure and may lose his eyelids and left ear as a result of the highly toxic bite.
Chamo, 31, was in the bathroom of his college in Punta de Bombón, a town on the coast of Peru, when a spider fell from the ceiling and bit him on the neck close to his ear.
Doctors believe he was attacked by a Chilean recluse spider.
Regarded by some as the world's most dangerous spider, it contains a venom which causes necrosis of the skin.
In extreme cases, a recluse bite can cause organ failure - usually the kidneys - and death.
Chamo became ill within just 30 minutes of being bitten on September 26, local media reports.
He was eventually transferred to a larger hospital but his health deteriorated dramatically as the venom spread throughout his body.
He is currently receiving kidney dialysis but his family have made an appeal for help with medical costs.
His mother Feliciana Maria Jiménez has set up a Facebook page pleading for donations towards dialysis - which cost around £140 a session.
The Chilean recluse spider is also known as the 'violin' spider because it has black marking down its body pointing towards the rear which resembles the instrument.
It is a native species of South American countries including Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil but has also been found in Central and North America.
It is usually a brown colour, can grow up to 1.5inches in size and unusually has six eyes instead of eight.
