January 3, 2015

Teenager nearly killed by a dose of Ibuprofen; doctors reveal may go blind

Calvin Lock, 13, from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, suffered uncommon but severe reaction to ibuprofen in 2012 (pictured, right, recovering in hospital).

Doctors initially believed he had chicken pox, before finally diagnosing Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS), which causes the cells in skin to die and large parts of skin to shed like a snake. Calvin (pictured left with mother Robyn Moult and stepfather Daryn Chamber) was put on a life support machine for three days and spent three weeks in hospital. His family have now been dealt a second blow: doctors say a severe eye condition caused by the reaction will leave him blind within two years.


Recently he has been diagnosed with Severe Ocular Surface Disease in both eyes, causing scarring to the corneas of his eyes. He also has trichiasis, where the eyelashes grow inwards and has growing vitreous adhesions which causes the gel that fills up the inside of the eye to shrink, liquefy and stick to the retina - resulting in blindness.

 His parents are now launching legal proceedings against the NHS, as they say the initial misdiagnosis delayed his treatment.

Summary of this post, is that you shouldn't take common off the shelf drugs without Doctor or qualified pharmacist prescription.

Credit: Daily Mailonlne

1 comment:

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