Medical Negligence
Pearson Legal
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META DESCRIPTION: Medical Negligence Solicitors secures compensation for Kanayo Dike-Oduah in rare Stevens-Johnson Syndrome case. What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? Compensation award for rare Stevens Johnson Syndrome Compensation award for rare Stevens Johnson Syndrome A client who had an extreme allergic reaction to medication which could have been fatal has thankfully made a good recovery and received compensation when the Pearson Solicitors medical negligence department represented her. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Case Kanayo Dike-Oduah had been to see her GP with severe and persistent pain in her jaw, this was compounded after the extraction of her wisdom tooth. She was given Carbamazepine, a medicine used for nerve pain, but as her symptoms deteriorated it was not given any further consideration in her diagnosis or treatment, despite a propensity to serious side effects. Ten days later she was back in touch with her GP and reported scaly skin on her shins, a swollen tongue and bumps in her skin. Ms Dike-Oduah was advised to increase her dosage of the medication. Five days later her breathing became difficult, her eye was swollen and her lips were cracked and bleeding. As her symptoms developed, she became fearful and so went to her local accident and emergency unit at Croydon University Hospital. By now she has discharge from her eyes, red spots on her palms, difficulty swallowing, pus in her throat and blistering of her skin. She was chlorpheniramine, a type of antihistamine and Prednisolone, a steroid that can help reduce swelling and inflammation. A hospital diagnosis of an allergic reaction to shellfish was not communicated to the client. Her condition began to deteriorate, a further trip to A&E diagnosed tonsillitis and conjunctivitis and gave her a prescription for antibiotics. A second emergency appointment with her GP advised her to take a week off work and continue the medication given by the hospital.