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    ‘Voice’ alum Meghan Linsey shares update after venomous spider bite

    Cayla MastersBy Cayla MastersApril 15, 2017
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    Megan Linsey is speaking out after an almost deadly spider attack nearly two months ago.

    The season 8 runner-up of NBC’s The Voice woke up in the middle of a February night to discover a brown recluse crawling on her head. The poisonous spider, which is found mostly in the midwestern and south central part of the United States, managed to leave a “hole in her face.”

    Immediately heading to urgent care following the bite, the singer continued to experience a series of symptoms even with antibiotics. Along with excruciating nerve pain, her eye was completely swollen shut.

    “The swelling was the first thing, and then I ended up just having crazy, crazy symptoms,” Linsey shared with PEOPLE. “I had muscle spasms, then I had a body rash all over. They tell people to not look up things on WebMD, and I had looked up everything on WebMD and I had every symptom. Every day was another thing.”

    As she continues to get treated for the attack, Linsey is slowly healing and documenting her road to recovery on social media.

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    The surrounding area of where Lindsey was bit rotted away when her skill cells began to die, leaving what the 31-year-old referred to as the hole in her face. Although her daily makeup routine is now extensive to hide the scar, she is lucky that the poisonous, eight-legged arthropod did not leave her dead.

    “I’m one of those people that just throws it on and goes, but now I have to put three or more layers on this one area of my face,” she said. “It’s kind of a pain at this point but, after going through everything I went through, I’m just glad to be alive.”

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    “I think that people appreciate it when you’re real. I’m like, ‘What am I going to do? Be hiding this thing that I’m going through?’” Linsey spoke of her healing process. “And honestly, it’s nice to raise awareness. It’s not talked about a lot and I have a way to get the word out.”

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