The Rash That Can Kill: How to Spot Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Early

🚨 Steven’s Johnson Syndrome (SJS): A Medical Emergency 🚨 Steven’s Johnson Syndrome is a rare but life-threatening reaction, usually triggered by medications or infections. It starts like the flu: fever, sore throat, cough, then rapidly progresses into a painful rash, blistering skin, and mucous membrane involvement (eyes, mouth, genitals). 🔴 Why it’s serious: • It’s not “just a rash.” It’s your immune system attacking your own skin. • Skin can peel off in sheets, like a severe burn. • It requ

Can you name some triggers for Stevens–Johnson syndrome? Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are acute, potentially fatal, type IV hypersensitivity reactions where cytotoxic T cells inappropriately attack and kill epithelial cells in the mucosa and skin epidermis. Learn more in the full video: https://osms.it/68018 #osmosis #medicine | Osmosis from Elsevier

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