A teenage girl almost died on her birthday after suffering a one in a million toxic reaction to her epilepsy medication.
Danika Heron’s skin began to burn from the inside out, after the new epilepsy medicine she was prescribed triggered an extremely rare illness.
She was struck down by Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and TENS – Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome – which caused severe burns to her organs and skin.
The rare reaction caused the skin on over half of her body to burn, blister, scab and fall off.
Her lips swelled so much they burst and she was wrapped from head to toe in bandages.
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