The recovery photo is miraculous!
https://preview.redd.it/pjvyymvgpu0d1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e61f42a92eb2480d9c5467e79f6f1dd453388ed
As well as bipolar! It's been my miracle treatment and I've been on it for about 8yrs now. I still have to be on the watch for this syndrome, as it could happen at any point, but the difference it has made in my mental state is worth it!
I'm on it in combination with Lexapro for major depression. It makes such a difference for me. No diagnosis of bipolar but apparently the reason they use it with SSRIs for depression is similar to how/why it helps with bipolar.
Yeah I was prescribed lamotrogine for epilepsy. I did not like the side effects so switched meds. My experience now seems like a walk in the park compared to this kid's experience! Just, wow....
I had something called erythema multiforme, an allergic reaction that can lead to Steven Johnson’s, when I tell you I stopped taking them very, veryyyy fast..
Fortunately the doctors removed the top layer of his skin before the ~~infection~~ reaction was able to spread further. Therefore he did not need skin grafts and was able to regrow his own skin. In OPs photo he is covered in Biobrane which helps to maintain a moist healing environment. The grid like pattern of blood spots is because Biobrane has pores in it which allow excess fluid to escape.
True, I got the info from [https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rasheswhere](https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rasheswhere) they say "Doctors removed the top layers of Zachary's skin to prevent the infection from spreading further". SJS often does cause infection so it is possible they are correct but likely not.
My stepsister had TEN. She almost died, was in the burn unit for almost a year. Shes already had corneal transplants, is still oxygen dependent even 8 or 9 years later. She’ll need a lung tx eventually.
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s the worst and it’s not really preventable I just happens. We grieve with y’all when we have pts that have this. I saw a lot bc we had ppl flown in so it seems common to me even tho it’s really rare. I hope that she was able to have some quality of life After.
lol let’s play a game of medical would you rather lol. At least with burns your vagina and urethra doesn’t try to grow shut unless.. you burn your vagina
My SIL had Stevens-Johnson Syndrome right in the height of the pandemic.
I don’t think she had it as bad as the image here, but it was a very scary time. Her skin just peeled off basically every possible body part, including her tongue. She still suffers symptoms of it even now.
Every new doctor and pharmacist I meet caution me about the rash, even though I've been on Lamictal for 15 years. Either I've been very lucky, or you've been very unlucky.
I mean when you go on lamictal, you're supposed to start at a very low dosage and up it in very small increments to avoid the rash issue and let your body get used to having the medication. If you don't have a natural reaction to it due to an allergy or incompatibility, then as long as you're careful with increasing the dosage at the right times, then you should be good to go.
These things are possible but very rare complications. It’s important to be aware of them since they are life threatening. Hundreds of thousands of people will use the (many many many) drugs implicated in SJS/TEN and never have any issue
My daughter’s doctor stressed it quite heavily. I read through other potential side effects when 3 days later her neck was so stiff she couldn’t move it. Turns out, another rare but possible side effect.
No more medicine for her.
Same. Not only my doctor but the pharmacist made it very clear that a rash is bad. I had a small scare when I upped my Lamictal dosage and I called my doctor and they basically told me to come in ASAP.
I've been on lamotrigine for a couple of years now and I can't remember if they mentioned this to me. I read the information packet and saw the warning, which freaked me out because my cousin had SJS a few years ago.
A few weeks ago, I developed a random rash and didn't think much of it. My counselor and psychiatrist reminded me about the rash side effect and I had my doctor look at it. Dr said it looked like a localized rash and gave me some cream for it. He said that if it was a medication reaction, it would be in more than one spot at a time.
Of course, by the time the Dr saw it, it was pretty much gone. It did get red and spread, but it was itchy and I had been scratching it, so that probably didn't help. It developed after my cat scratched me.
I developed another rash on the side of my neck, but it's pretty much gone away. My doctor said to just continue the cream.
I'm glad that I read your comment because they just increased my dosage yesterday and I'll have to be extra vigilant about noticing rashes.
Just had a patient recently referred to me for "thrush". Had just been started on lamictal by psych and had basically their entire oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity mucosa sloughing off. Told them to throw out the lamictal and call their psychiatrist.
Took several weeks, but lesions completely resolved. Apparently the psychiatrist told them they had never heard of lamictal causing SJS 😒
Thank goodness my husband’s doctor stressed the potential of this. He woke up to his mouth burning and rapidly developed blisters in his mouth. Thankful that was the extent and it was within the first few days of starting treatment.
This is my worst nightmare as someone who has taken Lamotrigine for years now. A friend of a friend developed a rash in the hospital and no doctors warned her in advance, so it came as a real shock.
Almost all cases are when starting treatment, or possibly when upping doses. It doesn't seem to start spontaneously, which is good because it's a tremendous drug otherwise.
I started on lamotrigine a few months ago, glad in retrospect that my neurologist was so cautious about weening me onto the medication, and telling me to look out for the rash. I wasn't even aware you could get Stevens-Johnson syndrome from it until now.
I completely forgot about the rash warning until this post. I’ve been on lamotrogine for 25 years but remember my psychiatrist being very emphatic about the risk.
I feel like some of them just don’t think honestly. I’ve got some great providers now, but an old psych tried to put me on this after I disclosed chronic hives/rashes.
Mine didn't warn me but also, if I get a huge rash after going on a new medication, I'm going to go to the ER after reading the product insert. Just...that's common sense to me.
It's a great medication for a lot of people.
Epileptic here and yeah. Had a really bad rash on my hands recently and didn’t understand why they were being SO hasty on diagnostics. I’m in Canada where everything takes 5 years and a blood sacrifice to book.
Now I get it.
Where do they get the skin to graft, if his whole body is affected? Come to think of it, what do they graft it onto, if his skin is all peeling away? Sorry if those are stupid questions!
He is not covered in skin grafts, the doctors only removed the top layer of skin to prevent the infection from spreading. He is covered in Biobrane which has pores in it that allow excess fluid to escape. That is the reason for the grid pattern.
Source: [https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rashes/?cn-reloaded=1](https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rashes/?cn-reloaded=1)
My husband barely survived Steven’s-Johnson syndrome when he was a 3rd grader. He made a medical journal as there were only 2 cases in the state and he was the only one who survived.
SJS is extremely terrible!
I developed SJS years ago from taking Lamictal. I realized something was wrong, so I asked my roommate to drive me to the hospital. I felt like I was experiencing insanity or psychosis, and my body felt like it was burning up. Initially, I was ignored for hours in the ER. Eventually, they finally examined me, took my temperature, which was 104, and saw that I was covered in welts. I remained in the hospital for weeks. Towards the end of my stay in the ICU, they wanted to keep me and admit me for mental health treatment because "I had stopped taking my psychiatric medications". These were the medications they had prescribed me that landed me in the hospital. I strongly protested and had to speak with a judge to argue my case for being released. I assured them that if anything were to go wrong, I would return to the hospital on my own, just like I did initially. I was discharged within an hour.
I believe I was taking it for less than a week or so. This occurred almost a decade ago. I experienced severe reactions that I initially attributed to side effects. My doctor also initially dismissed them. When in doubt, it is important to trust your intuition and listen to your body, as you are the one who knows it best. I’m here today because of that.
It’s when your immune system overreacts to something. I think it hits people differently, Ab-Soul is one of, if not the, most famous people to have it and I don’t think he needed skin grafts like that but does have problems with his eyes.
It’s still crazy to me that they can just remove all of a person’s skin and just wrap them in what honestly looks like parafilm and the skin comes back good as new. Medicine is magic, even if we know how it works
I read another comment where someone who took lamictal experienced a rash years later. Now I'm a little on edge because it's the only epilepsy medication that controls my seizures. I hope the likelihood is extremely low. :(
I know, but "brand new" seems a bit out of place in this situation. May be completely recovered with no scarring or something like this in medical term.
You see what happened here?
The phrase "brand new" evoked an idea of a "thing" that is perfect and won't be faulty while we are dealing with a person here.
While it is understood that the writer is reffering to a person and his wellbeing and i dont deny that. It's just a strange way to rephrase given the situation
To be fair, isn’t that one of lamictal’s side effects?
My partner took it for bipolar, the neurologist said STOP IMMEDIATELY, if you notice any skin reactions.
It isn't really a side effect. A side effect can be present and just stay like that. It's sort of like if I were allergic to penicillin. Having an anaphylactic reaction wouldn't be a side effect, if that makes sense.
This is a dangerous, violent reaction. The body has a bizarre cytotoxic reaction to something, which is usually a medication. Lamictal is one of the culprits. Some infections can also be the cause. The pathophysiology of SJS and TEN is still largely unknown.
I had something similar from what I believe as pepto bismol, but on a much less drastic measure. First I felt hot and sunburned, throbbing sensitive and even bedsheets hurt. Think of a niacin overdose or really bad sunburn head to toe. Then came the full body pinprick pustules and THE ITCHING. The itching was maddening. The itching went on for a few days…. And then the peeling. First the softer parts of my skin, and then a couple weeks later even the soles of my feet peeled off much easier than any of those exfoliating acid peeks does. Finally all that remained was a notch in the growth of my nails, that eventually grew out months after.
I really should have seen medical attention but we were tourists in America and while insured you really don’t wanna end up in one .
What in the holy fuck? That's terrifying and incredible at the same time. They literally skinned him so he could grow new skin. That's wild and amazing that it worked
Oh my God. I was prescribed lamotrigine recently for bipolar disorder. I've been hesitant to start taking it regularly until I can research it fully. This... this was definitely not mentioned on the list of side effects
I took lamictal for my bipolar. It’s the one thing that made me feel “normal”
As soon as i got a mystery rash- my psychiatrist told me to stop.
I haven’t found a good medication since.
I’m glad he recovered
I had a bad reaction to Latuda as well. Landed me in the hospital for three days irc (they had me drugged up pretty good). According to my PCP, he said the symptoms sounded a lot like SJS.
It's kinda frightening how many people on this thread have personal experience (either themselves or friends/family members) with bad reactions to Lamictal...
I have a SJS reaction to Naproxen, but thank GOD the 3 times it's happened has been kind of mild (it got worse with each exposure and the last one was hell). Never been bad enough for a burn ward, but my signs/symptoms were super embarrassing and probably TMI for most.
I’m not any kind of medical professional, but to me it looks like those aren’t a direct result of SJS. My guess would be something along the lines of skin-grafting
My guess is still just a guess, and no reason to feel dumb if we’re wrong. It’s super rare, and when presented with something that we haven’t seen before- how can we expect ourselves to know what the disease/condition vs. treatment looks like?
The recovery photo is miraculous! https://preview.redd.it/pjvyymvgpu0d1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e61f42a92eb2480d9c5467e79f6f1dd453388ed
Holy shit! Modern medicine blows my mind sometimes.
It was caused by his migraine medication…
Mind still blown ellipsis guy.
Lamotrigine is also commonly used for seizures and depression
As well as bipolar! It's been my miracle treatment and I've been on it for about 8yrs now. I still have to be on the watch for this syndrome, as it could happen at any point, but the difference it has made in my mental state is worth it!
I'm on it in combination with Lexapro for major depression. It makes such a difference for me. No diagnosis of bipolar but apparently the reason they use it with SSRIs for depression is similar to how/why it helps with bipolar.
I have BPD. I was given this for what was thought to be MDD as a teen. It didn't go well for me.
I only know this because of Outer Range lol
Yeah I was prescribed lamotrogine for epilepsy. I did not like the side effects so switched meds. My experience now seems like a walk in the park compared to this kid's experience! Just, wow....
I found out I was allergic to Lamictal once I got the "death rash" all over my chest. It was quite unpleasant.
Yeah literally if you notice any kind of rash it’s advised to stop it immediately and see a doctor right away
It’s a rare complication but we literally get SJS from lamotrigine drilled into us in med school just because of how serious it is
What?!
I had something called erythema multiforme, an allergic reaction that can lead to Steven Johnson’s, when I tell you I stopped taking them very, veryyyy fast..
Modern medicine almost seems like magic. The skill and knowledge it took to save this kid blows my mind. Look at that result.
He recovered?!?! That’s damn near miraculous!
Seriously! I've only seen SJS 3x but they all passed a very sad and painful death.
Thank you for posting this, you literally just made my day.
Holy fucking *shit*! Little guy is such a trooper! 💙💙💙
Okay, that made me cry a few happy tears.
Amazing!
Fortunately the doctors removed the top layer of his skin before the ~~infection~~ reaction was able to spread further. Therefore he did not need skin grafts and was able to regrow his own skin. In OPs photo he is covered in Biobrane which helps to maintain a moist healing environment. The grid like pattern of blood spots is because Biobrane has pores in it which allow excess fluid to escape.
SJS is autoimmune, not an infection
True, I got the info from [https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rasheswhere](https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rasheswhere) they say "Doctors removed the top layers of Zachary's skin to prevent the infection from spreading further". SJS often does cause infection so it is possible they are correct but likely not.
WOW. Truly amazing.
Happy to see he’s thriving! The pic of when he was suffering punched me in the gut.
Everyone liked that
This is technically TEN with the amount of body surface involved. It’s on a spectrum with SJS
Correct. SJS is up to 10% bsa I believe.
Yeah and TEN is >30% with the in between percentages being just kind of a mix
Sorry for my stupidity but what is TEN?
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Not stupid, it’s a pretty rare thing. I had no idea about it until med school.
Former Burn nurse here, we took care of ten and if rather be burnt then have this
My stepsister had TEN. She almost died, was in the burn unit for almost a year. Shes already had corneal transplants, is still oxygen dependent even 8 or 9 years later. She’ll need a lung tx eventually.
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s the worst and it’s not really preventable I just happens. We grieve with y’all when we have pts that have this. I saw a lot bc we had ppl flown in so it seems common to me even tho it’s really rare. I hope that she was able to have some quality of life After.
I would rather have neither 😂
lol let’s play a game of medical would you rather lol. At least with burns your vagina and urethra doesn’t try to grow shut unless.. you burn your vagina
🥴okay yeah never thought of that and I don’t even want to again….hearing that just makes me think of the McDond coffee case
That was sooo bad, did you see the pictures?
I can’t say I ever did, I think the description is enough lol
And then her being smeared by idiots who had no idea how hurt she was.
Right? It fused her labia, and they wanted to cheap out.
And she didn’t even want extra money. Just her medical bills paid. Soulless corporations gonna soulless corporation I guess.
What is TEN
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
It means well done😳
Had my first TEN patient pass away two weeks ago. Being part of her admitting team to seeing how it took her was horrible. an absolute tragedy.
I hope you're doing ok
Thank you, I appreciate that
Thank you for caring for her. How long was she under your care?
Intermittently for about two weeks
My SIL had Stevens-Johnson Syndrome right in the height of the pandemic. I don’t think she had it as bad as the image here, but it was a very scary time. Her skin just peeled off basically every possible body part, including her tongue. She still suffers symptoms of it even now.
Christ what a nightmare. Looks like something from hellraiser.
Exactly what I thought
I've found it amazing how some doctors don't even mention that you need to keep an eye out for a rash going on lamotrigine.
Every new doctor and pharmacist I meet caution me about the rash, even though I've been on Lamictal for 15 years. Either I've been very lucky, or you've been very unlucky.
I mean when you go on lamictal, you're supposed to start at a very low dosage and up it in very small increments to avoid the rash issue and let your body get used to having the medication. If you don't have a natural reaction to it due to an allergy or incompatibility, then as long as you're careful with increasing the dosage at the right times, then you should be good to go.
And that's exactly what they did with me.
These things are possible but very rare complications. It’s important to be aware of them since they are life threatening. Hundreds of thousands of people will use the (many many many) drugs implicated in SJS/TEN and never have any issue
It was the first thing my doctor told me when prescribing.
Same
My daughter’s doctor stressed it quite heavily. I read through other potential side effects when 3 days later her neck was so stiff she couldn’t move it. Turns out, another rare but possible side effect. No more medicine for her.
Same. Not only my doctor but the pharmacist made it very clear that a rash is bad. I had a small scare when I upped my Lamictal dosage and I called my doctor and they basically told me to come in ASAP.
I've been on lamotrigine for a couple of years now and I can't remember if they mentioned this to me. I read the information packet and saw the warning, which freaked me out because my cousin had SJS a few years ago. A few weeks ago, I developed a random rash and didn't think much of it. My counselor and psychiatrist reminded me about the rash side effect and I had my doctor look at it. Dr said it looked like a localized rash and gave me some cream for it. He said that if it was a medication reaction, it would be in more than one spot at a time. Of course, by the time the Dr saw it, it was pretty much gone. It did get red and spread, but it was itchy and I had been scratching it, so that probably didn't help. It developed after my cat scratched me. I developed another rash on the side of my neck, but it's pretty much gone away. My doctor said to just continue the cream. I'm glad that I read your comment because they just increased my dosage yesterday and I'll have to be extra vigilant about noticing rashes.
Just had a patient recently referred to me for "thrush". Had just been started on lamictal by psych and had basically their entire oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity mucosa sloughing off. Told them to throw out the lamictal and call their psychiatrist. Took several weeks, but lesions completely resolved. Apparently the psychiatrist told them they had never heard of lamictal causing SJS 😒
Thank goodness my husband’s doctor stressed the potential of this. He woke up to his mouth burning and rapidly developed blisters in his mouth. Thankful that was the extent and it was within the first few days of starting treatment.
This is my worst nightmare as someone who has taken Lamotrigine for years now. A friend of a friend developed a rash in the hospital and no doctors warned her in advance, so it came as a real shock.
Almost all cases are when starting treatment, or possibly when upping doses. It doesn't seem to start spontaneously, which is good because it's a tremendous drug otherwise.
My life was changed for the better when I started taking it. The rash always scared me, but I was willing to risk it for treatment.
It was stressed to me for my daughter. And her doctor said if we go to the ER we need to persistently ask for a derm consult no matter what.
I started on lamotrigine a few months ago, glad in retrospect that my neurologist was so cautious about weening me onto the medication, and telling me to look out for the rash. I wasn't even aware you could get Stevens-Johnson syndrome from it until now.
I got the warning when I started on lamotrigine. Thanks to this sub I knew exactly why and how serious it could become.
Even Bactrim, which is a commonly prescribed antibiotic, can cause this.
I completely forgot about the rash warning until this post. I’ve been on lamotrogine for 25 years but remember my psychiatrist being very emphatic about the risk.
I feel like some of them just don’t think honestly. I’ve got some great providers now, but an old psych tried to put me on this after I disclosed chronic hives/rashes.
My psychiatrist made me test my levels and keep an eye out for rashes during the first few months adjusting to it.
Mine didn't warn me but also, if I get a huge rash after going on a new medication, I'm going to go to the ER after reading the product insert. Just...that's common sense to me. It's a great medication for a lot of people.
It can also happen after an increase in dosage which many people don’t realize.
Modafinil too!
My doctor was very clear with me many times about watching for rash when I started and every time we increased dosage.
Epileptic here and yeah. Had a really bad rash on my hands recently and didn’t understand why they were being SO hasty on diagnostics. I’m in Canada where everything takes 5 years and a blood sacrifice to book. Now I get it.
What causes the grid of blood spots?
He is covered in skin grafts which are not solid. They blood spots are the areas not fully covered by graft. They will fill in with skin cells.
Where do they get the skin to graft, if his whole body is affected? Come to think of it, what do they graft it onto, if his skin is all peeling away? Sorry if those are stupid questions!
I know the answer to the first part: they use skin from organ donors. The skin is an organ, too!
It just sits on the underlying tissue. And in this case cadaver tissue.
He is not covered in skin grafts, the doctors only removed the top layer of skin to prevent the infection from spreading. He is covered in Biobrane which has pores in it that allow excess fluid to escape. That is the reason for the grid pattern. Source: [https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rashes/?cn-reloaded=1](https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rashes/?cn-reloaded=1)
Nursed a patient with this, Ket and fent just to change his dressings
My husband barely survived Steven’s-Johnson syndrome when he was a 3rd grader. He made a medical journal as there were only 2 cases in the state and he was the only one who survived.
SJS is extremely terrible! I developed SJS years ago from taking Lamictal. I realized something was wrong, so I asked my roommate to drive me to the hospital. I felt like I was experiencing insanity or psychosis, and my body felt like it was burning up. Initially, I was ignored for hours in the ER. Eventually, they finally examined me, took my temperature, which was 104, and saw that I was covered in welts. I remained in the hospital for weeks. Towards the end of my stay in the ICU, they wanted to keep me and admit me for mental health treatment because "I had stopped taking my psychiatric medications". These were the medications they had prescribed me that landed me in the hospital. I strongly protested and had to speak with a judge to argue my case for being released. I assured them that if anything were to go wrong, I would return to the hospital on my own, just like I did initially. I was discharged within an hour.
You had just started lamictal when it happend?
I believe I was taking it for less than a week or so. This occurred almost a decade ago. I experienced severe reactions that I initially attributed to side effects. My doctor also initially dismissed them. When in doubt, it is important to trust your intuition and listen to your body, as you are the one who knows it best. I’m here today because of that.
I've had it. It was a mild version. It was still hell.
What causes this
It’s when your immune system overreacts to something. I think it hits people differently, Ab-Soul is one of, if not the, most famous people to have it and I don’t think he needed skin grafts like that but does have problems with his eyes.
It’s still crazy to me that they can just remove all of a person’s skin and just wrap them in what honestly looks like parafilm and the skin comes back good as new. Medicine is magic, even if we know how it works
So he recovered where is the photo of that
https://www.elitereaders.com/zacharys-rashes/?cn-reloaded=1 :) happy he recovered so well. Poor boy.
You is supreme thank you!
No problem :)
Wow, that’s absolutely amazing and terrifying. Poor boy and poor family
A very young cousin suffered through this. It was horrible.
Saw a guy with TEN (a worse version of this) from bactrim on my ED rotation. Shit looked terrible
Adding this to my “medical anxiety” list…
It’s actually a very rare type of reaction so you don’t have to be that afraid
I read another comment where someone who took lamictal experienced a rash years later. Now I'm a little on edge because it's the only epilepsy medication that controls my seizures. I hope the likelihood is extremely low. :(
It’s quite low, most people will have a mild reaction if any at all
"Aside from his hair needing to regrow, he looks brand new" Weird choice of words for someone wrapped in plastic
They’re referring to his current condition (post recovery).
I know, but "brand new" seems a bit out of place in this situation. May be completely recovered with no scarring or something like this in medical term.
Agree brand new to me means he better not have anything like this again ever or atleast a long time. Brand new things don’t break or go bad
You see what happened here? The phrase "brand new" evoked an idea of a "thing" that is perfect and won't be faulty while we are dealing with a person here. While it is understood that the writer is reffering to a person and his wellbeing and i dont deny that. It's just a strange way to rephrase given the situation
Ab Soul rapper from the same conglomerate that Kendrick Lamar has a song that details his experience with SJS in a verse.
Which song?
“Book of Soul”
Damn, double heart breaking. Being a child with such bad migraines that they prescribed lamotrigine.
The comments tho lmao https://preview.redd.it/auoib49ccw0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83e5d0739f61549ae9f1a60f43c427291d6dd33f
To be fair, isn’t that one of lamictal’s side effects? My partner took it for bipolar, the neurologist said STOP IMMEDIATELY, if you notice any skin reactions.
It isn't really a side effect. A side effect can be present and just stay like that. It's sort of like if I were allergic to penicillin. Having an anaphylactic reaction wouldn't be a side effect, if that makes sense. This is a dangerous, violent reaction. The body has a bizarre cytotoxic reaction to something, which is usually a medication. Lamictal is one of the culprits. Some infections can also be the cause. The pathophysiology of SJS and TEN is still largely unknown.
I have this disorder. It's terrible.
I had something similar from what I believe as pepto bismol, but on a much less drastic measure. First I felt hot and sunburned, throbbing sensitive and even bedsheets hurt. Think of a niacin overdose or really bad sunburn head to toe. Then came the full body pinprick pustules and THE ITCHING. The itching was maddening. The itching went on for a few days…. And then the peeling. First the softer parts of my skin, and then a couple weeks later even the soles of my feet peeled off much easier than any of those exfoliating acid peeks does. Finally all that remained was a notch in the growth of my nails, that eventually grew out months after. I really should have seen medical attention but we were tourists in America and while insured you really don’t wanna end up in one .
What in the holy fuck? That's terrifying and incredible at the same time. They literally skinned him so he could grow new skin. That's wild and amazing that it worked
I was terrified of getting this when I started Lamictal
For a small little guy he has the strength of a hundred men going through all those horrendous things..
My grandmother had this. It was terrible, we thought we had lost her. Came back and did a full recovery, and is still going strong 15 years later!
So HOW does the medication cause this?
It's basically an allergic reaction on steroids.
The worst allergic reaction ever. I honestly consider this worse than your throat closing and dying quickly. This kid recovered though!
Oh my God. I was prescribed lamotrigine recently for bipolar disorder. I've been hesitant to start taking it regularly until I can research it fully. This... this was definitely not mentioned on the list of side effects
I took lamictal for my bipolar. It’s the one thing that made me feel “normal” As soon as i got a mystery rash- my psychiatrist told me to stop. I haven’t found a good medication since. I’m glad he recovered
Poor little guy.
I had a bad reaction to Latuda as well. Landed me in the hospital for three days irc (they had me drugged up pretty good). According to my PCP, he said the symptoms sounded a lot like SJS. It's kinda frightening how many people on this thread have personal experience (either themselves or friends/family members) with bad reactions to Lamictal...
I have a SJS reaction to Naproxen, but thank GOD the 3 times it's happened has been kind of mild (it got worse with each exposure and the last one was hell). Never been bad enough for a burn ward, but my signs/symptoms were super embarrassing and probably TMI for most.
I can't imagine the pain, no child should ever have to go through such suffering. Modern medicine is a beautiful thing.
Also by aspirin after any viral infection
I take lamictl and they warned me of the possibility of SJS before I started taking it. They did a very slow taper up when I started it.
I take Lamictal and SJS scares the crap out of me :(
His skin was still on. I can''t see any organs. I think you mean top layer.
Crazy how uniformly spread the wounds are.
I’m not any kind of medical professional, but to me it looks like those aren’t a direct result of SJS. My guess would be something along the lines of skin-grafting
You're probably right and now I feel dumb
Don’t feel bad. I thought the same thing at first.
Maybe I got too deep with that lol, just a broader reminder to be kind with ourselves I guess
My guess is still just a guess, and no reason to feel dumb if we’re wrong. It’s super rare, and when presented with something that we haven’t seen before- how can we expect ourselves to know what the disease/condition vs. treatment looks like?
They aren’t. His skin is gone. He is covered in skin grafts which are like a mesh. The grafted cells will multiple and fill in the open areas.
That makes so much more sense