News Tagged ‘chickenpox

MMRV vaccine linked to serious skin reaction known as SJS

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning about the childhood MMRV vaccine for measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox, saying it may cause the painful and life-threatening allergic reaction known as Stevens Johnson Syndrome () as well as other serious reactions.

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Mother hopes to designate August as SJS Awareness Month

When Kelly Samson of Toledo, Ohio, first noticed spots breaking out on her daughter’s skin, she assumed her daughter had come down with the chickenpox. She was wrong. The young girl was diagnosed with something far more serious, a serious skin reaction known as Stevens Johnson Syndrome ().

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