Thursday, December 17, 2009

Teenage girl critically ill after taking the swine flu treatment Tamiflu

Samantha BEFORE...
And AFTER TAMIFLU.....
Samantha Millard took three Tamiflu pills before developing blisters all over her body.
She was today in intensive care unable to breathe on her own...
A teenager is critically ill after taking the swine flu treatment Tamiflu prescribed by the Government's controversial helpline.
Samantha Millard, 18, was told she had the virus after describing her symptoms to staff with no medical training.
She took just three pills before developing blisters all over her body, and was today in intensive care unable to breathe on her own.
She is being treated at a specialist burns unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where doctors fear she may have the life-threatening Stevens-Johnson syndrome which causes the skin to peel off.
The syndrome affects just three in a million people and is usually triggered by an adverse reaction to medication. The mortality rate is around 15 per cent.
Victims develop terrible scarring all over their bodies and well as severe conjunctivitis which can lead to blindness and mouth infections which can stop them eating....

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