Spider attack: Actress Julie Peasgood was stricken by an infected bite A cold Sunday morning last December, and I’m up at the crack of dawn. My lovely hairdresser Kevin has agreed to come to my home in Surrey at 8am, as I then have to race back to Grimsby for panto rehearsals — I’m an actress and TV presenter and this is my first venture into pantomime. I am slightly perturbed, however, as I have woken to find a weird, golf-ball sized blister just above my right ankle. It doesn’t hurt, but it is quite hot and angry-looking, and I’m mystified as to what it can be.
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Golf-ball sized blister appeared just above Julie Peasgood's right ankle
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After a week, the blister became infected and 'looked hot and angry'
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Caused by 'false widow spider' - there are seven types in the UK
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The spiders aren’t aggressive and will only bite if they're provoked
'I spend the next couple of months keeping my feet up wherever I go,' said @placeholder