Mamashealth.com Home Syndromes Information Neuroleptic Malignant Nighttime Eating Patellofemoral Pain Piriformis Polycystic Ovary Post Polio Prader-Willi Ramsay Hunt Reiter's Restless Legs Rett Reye Rumination Scalded Skin Shaken Baby Sjogren Soto's Stevens Johnson Stiff-Person Sturge-Weber Tabes Dorsalis Tarsal Tunnel Tethered Spinal Cord Tourette Toxic Shock (STSS) Toxic Shock (TSS) Turner Usher Waardenburg Wallenberg Williams Zollinger-Ellison Links More Syndromes Email Mama Sign up for the MamasHealth Newsletter	What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a potentially deadly skin disease that usually results from a drug reaction. Drugs that have been linked to Stevens-Johnson syndrome include NSAIDS (non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs), Allopurinol, Phenytoin, Carbamazepine, barbiturates, anticonvulsants, and sulfa antibiotics. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is also called SJS. Symptoms of Stevens Johnson Syndrome? The most common symptom of Stevens-Johnson syndrome is blistering of mucous membranes, typically in the mouth, eyes, and vagina, and patchy areas of rash. Other symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome are: coughing body aches headaches fever What Causes Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? There are many causes of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Stevens Johnson syndrome can be caused by many different prescription drugs (Bextra, Septra®, Bactrim®, CoTrim®), viral infections, and malignancies. Until recently, the prescription drugs that cause Stevens-Johnson syndrome did not have warnings placed on their labels. Before the warnings were placed on the labels, patients unknowingly took these drugs and many developed the potentially fatal Stevens-Johnson syndrome. In some cases there is no known cause for the onset of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Bextra and Stevens Johnson Syndrome? Bextra has been linked to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Bextra was pulled off the market on April 7, 2005. Can Stevens Johnson Syndrome be Treated? Yes. If you belive you have Stevens-Johnson syndrome, see a doctor immediately. If it is not treated immediately, death can occur. The treatment will depend on what caused it.	Featured Book
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