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| Keywords: Steven Johnsons Syndrome.jpg This picture was taken by me of my two year old daughter This was taken on the third day after presentation of the rash The initial stage of the rash appeared to look like chicken pox the second day it looked like hives the third day it was varied all over her body from red and target like to pink welts to the purple rash beneath the skin that did not blanch when pressed as shown in this picture The suspected not confirmed cause of this is a delayed severe allergic reaction to penicillin antibiotics On Day 9 of the 10 day antibiotic treatment the rash occurred She is currently being treated with corticosteroids a controversial treatment but in light of the consequences of letting it go untreated I felt it was worth it She is responding well so far and the rash is disappearing Another thing to mention is that she was having trouble walking the night before I took her to the doctor Apparently this syndrome also can affect the joints Kaleysmom71 19 23 18 February 2007 UTC en wikipedia 2007-02-18 Kaleysmom71 wikipedia en Kaleysmom71 Original upload log page en wikipedia Steven_Johnsons_Syndrome jpg 2007-02-18 19 23 Kaleysmom71 1722×1206×8 1088425 bytes <nowiki>This picture was taken by me of my two year old daughter This was taken on the third day after presentation of the rash The initial stage of the rash appeared to look like chicken pox the second day it looked like hives the third day it was varied all</nowiki> Diseases and disorders of the skin Allergic skin reactions | ||||
