Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Shocking!!!! - Meet The Boy Who Lost 65% Of His Skin Because He Took Ibuprofen.

 The Pictures look like scenes from a terrifying horror movie, but it is reality.
Meet Calvin Lock, the little boy who lost 65% of his skin and spent three days on life-support all because he took ibuprofen. Calvin Lock, 11, was given the painkiller to tackle a viral infection but he however, suffered a rare but severe reaction that caused him to lose 65 per cent of his skin due to burns.His reaction to the painkiller was originally mistaken for chickenpox, which delayed treatment.
 

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Doctors were eventually able to establish that he had Stevens Johnson Syndrome, a potentially deadly skin disease that usually results from a drug reaction and moved him into intensive care. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen are well-known to cause this rare but very serious reaction.




He is now making a good recovery after his terrifying brush with death.

Culled from Daily Mail Uk.

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