Stephens Johnson Syndrome is one of the most common



skin diseases. The disease is the outcome of the side effects of certain

medicines that include antibiotics like penicillin and sulfa and anti-convulsants.

It is a medical condition that causes inflammation of the skin and the mucous

membranes. Certain pain relievers also cause the disease.

 

Prescription pain killers such as Celebrex (celecoxib),

Daypro and Bextra (valdecoxib) as well as over the counter pain killers like

ibuprofen group of medicines such as Children's Motrin Motrin and Advil

reportedly have side effects causing Stephens Johnson Syndrome. Cocaine is the

latest inclusion in the list of drugs that cause the skin disease.

 

Some sorts of illness and infection are also responsible

for causing Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Reports to this effect suggest that

between 25 percent and 50 percent of the Stephens Johnson Syndrome cases are

related to undetermined causes. The mucus membranes are the prime targets of the

disease.

 

Medical research in this respect tells that several parts

of the body like digestive system, eyes, reparatory system and lungs have mucus

membranes. Stephen Johnson Syndrome has deep impact on these parts of the

human body.

 

If we study the technical aspect of the Stevens-Johnson

syndrome, we would come to know that it is an immune complex mediated

hypersensitivity or allergic condition. The effective and foremost defense

against the disease is to remove the allergen that has caused the syndrome.

However, it is more imperative to stop taking all the drugs that have caused the

disease.

 

It is highly recommended to treat the patient of

Stevens-Johnson syndrome just in the way a burn-victim is treated. Immediate

treatment of the syndrome, however, is to include electrolyte correction and

fluid replacement because the victim of the disease most often has severe loss

of fluids.

 

It is rather unfortunate that there is no effective

treatment or cure stop the progression of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Drug

companies have many litigation cases of compensation pending against them.

 

Stevens-Johnson syndrome along with Toxic Epidermal

Necrolysis or TEN are supposed to be life-threatening conditions. Most often,

the conditions lead to make a healthy person disable or sometimes even kill him.

 

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