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http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229698-overview
Girl burns from the inside out after taking antibiotics
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014
The New Paper
A five-year-old girl in the UK had to be placed on a life-support machine after suffering a reaction to antibiotics prescribed to counter high fever.
The schoolgirl, Lydia Lal, started burning horrifically from the inside out after penicillin triggered an illness she had previously not been diagnosed with - Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome, or TENS.
The reaction to the medicine left frightful blisters all over her body, and she also suffered burns to her liver, kidney and lungs.
- See more at: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/conten....F03niyuj.dpuf
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014
The New Paper
A five-year-old girl in the UK had to be placed on a life-support machine after suffering a reaction to antibiotics prescribed to counter high fever.
The schoolgirl, Lydia Lal, started burning horrifically from the inside out after penicillin triggered an illness she had previously not been diagnosed with - Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome, or TENS.
The reaction to the medicine left frightful blisters all over her body, and she also suffered burns to her liver, kidney and lungs.
- See more at: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/conten....F03niyuj.dpuf
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229698-overview
Background
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially life-threatening dermatologic disorder characterized by widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes, resulting in exfoliation and possible sepsis and/or death (see the image below). Mucous membrane involvement can result in gastrointestinal hemorrhage, respiratory failure, ocular abnormalities, and genitourinary complications.
TEN is most commonly drug induced. However, the disorder has other potential etiologies, including infection, malignancy, and vaccinations (see Etiology). TEN is idiosyncratic, and its occurrence is not easily predicted.
Some authors believe that Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS; also known as erythema multiforme major) is a manifestation of the same process involved in TEN, with the latter involving more extensive necrotic epidermal detachment...
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially life-threatening dermatologic disorder characterized by widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes, resulting in exfoliation and possible sepsis and/or death (see the image below). Mucous membrane involvement can result in gastrointestinal hemorrhage, respiratory failure, ocular abnormalities, and genitourinary complications.
TEN is most commonly drug induced. However, the disorder has other potential etiologies, including infection, malignancy, and vaccinations (see Etiology). TEN is idiosyncratic, and its occurrence is not easily predicted.
Some authors believe that Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS; also known as erythema multiforme major) is a manifestation of the same process involved in TEN, with the latter involving more extensive necrotic epidermal detachment...