Full body burns due to drug allergy

Nightmare started with Leanne Howes was born in Norwich, eastern England, in September 2013, when her physician medication Zantac 150 mg dose Ranitine to treat heartburn.

However, Leanne are allergic to drugs, a rare disease called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. This disease causes the skin she was blistering like Burns, hair loss, squamous, eyebrows, eyelashes and nails legs, vomiting, Achy ... and to the hospital emergency department. Leanne also reduced the body weight from 45.5 kg to 36 kg. She sounds very difficult and could not go back. Leanne said: "I look like a monster in the film Halloween but I'm lucky to be alive".

 

Rare drug allergies were causing Leanne burns all over the

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is a rare disease with incidence is about 1/1,000,000. Currently there is no treatment for this disease and usually the infusion or sealed physician when using antibiotics to prevent infection. Pain medications are also used to the patient feel better. The disease has no cure and the chance survival of Leanne only about 10%.

The doctors were working round-the-clock to restore the function of the skin of Leanne back to normal. This woman was fed by a tube of food 3 times a day.

His mother and her boyfriend were relieved duty side beds until she recovered. Very lucky after the effort, Leanne was discharged in October 2013.=

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