
A 11-year old British boy who suffered from an allergic reaction to ibuprofen which led to severe blisters and skin loss said that he was happy to be alive.
Littleport, Cambs' Calvin Lock suffered from a severe reaction after his mother gave him Nurofen for Children to treat flu last month. However five days later Calvin started to experience rashes on his face and burning ear and was taken to the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where a GP initially diagnosed it as chicken pox.
However the diagnosis was changed to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), which is a rare but severely allergic reaction to drugs, and as his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the intensive care unit and was even placed on life support for three days.
Source: Medindia