Slayer guitarist what kind of spider

What a sad day for Metal. A true master, he gave energy and excitement to millions, and will continue to. This article is more than 8 years old. Musician died of liver failure while recovering from a skin-eating condition he contracted after being bitten by a spider.

Jeff Hanneman was allegedly bit by the spider in February Hanneman did not seek treatment until it was almost too late. By the time he arrived in the emergency room, the guitarist said he was an hour away from his death. After the bite, Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that can develop from just a cut or a scratch, caused by a type of strep germ.

The infection can destroy muscle, fat and skin and may require surgery to save a patients life. According to the Slayer website last year, Hanneman underwent several operations to remove the infected tissue from his arm. A statement described what Hanneman went through before making a courageous recovery.

He was in a medically-induced coma for a few days and had several operations to remove the dead and dying tissue from his arm. So, understand, he was in really, really bad shape. About 1 in 5 people with the most common case die. Share this story with your friends! Share Tweet Email.

According to Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald, the guitarist died at age 49 on Thursday as a result of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital. The arm was real hot. An ambulance rushed the guitarist to the hospital and he was diagnosed him with necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection in the skin and arm. Realizing the severity of the condition, doctors immediately underwent surgery to remove the dead and dying tissue, saving the muscles and tendons in Hanneman's arm, but leaving him with an open wound that has required extensive skin grafts over a two month period.

Hanneman has also been on heavy doses of antibiotics to heal the infection. The rehabilitation process was grueling for the guitarist, who couldn't stand for a month and suffered weakening in all the muscles in his muscles and tendons of his infected arm.