Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a severe drug allergic reaction.
It is caused by the body’s abnormal immune response to certain medications or metabolites in the drug.
Clinically characteristic is widespread epidermal cell necrosis, separate from the mesoderm, forming many blisters with lesion areas over 30% of the body area. For people with this syndrome, the risk of death is usually about 30%-50%.
For patient , due to the long time of using functional foods (18-21 days according to the patient), late hospitalization, skin bumps account for more than 60% of the body, so the risk of death is high, up to 50%.
Patients are treated with high doses of corticosteroids, strong antibiotics, electrolyte compensation, nutritional compensation …
In addition, the doctor also consults the whole hospital, eye, otolaryngology, burn specialist to support on-site care for patients …
After more than 5 weeks of intensive treatment, the skin lesion healed well, the condition stabilized and was discharged from the hospital.
According to experts, if the patient listens to the seller who continues to drink the above products, without timely and proper treatment, the risk of death is very high.
Lyell’s syndrome, also known as toxic epidermal necrolysis, is a severe reaction of the skin and mucous membranes, potentially life-threatening.
The disease usually occurs in patients with a previous history of use of the drug about 1-4 weeks ago.
The disease usually has a sudden onset with initial symptoms such as high fever, headache, body aches, then red inlaids appear on the face, neck, torso and spread to the rest of the body.
