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.
Common symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite include shivering, vomiting, nausea, fever, itching, shock and restlessness. The bite may come out as an injury of about 1 to 2 3/4 inches which takes several months of healing and will leave you with unsightly scars. The bite is usually deep and will cause pain eventually.
1 The brown recluse spider bite usually causes some pain or burning in the first 10 minutes, accompanied by itching. 2  The wound takes on a bull's-eye appearance, with a centre blister surrounded by an angry-looking red ring and then a blanched (white) ring.  The blister breaks open, leaving an ulcer that scabs over.