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The family of a jailed woman who is suffering from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is criticizing the prison staff for allowing her condition to go untreated.
Charity-Lekiea Brown was recently sent to prison for not paying child support and a prison doctor switched her seizure medication, according to the Journal and Courier. A jail physician prescribed the woman Dilantin, an anticonvulsant, to treat her seizures.
Shortly after, Brown began experiencing symptoms of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome a grave and rare disorder that affects the skin and mucous membranes and is usually caused by an allergic reaction to a drug.
Brown was not admitted to a hospital until her family visited and saw her condition.
"She told the nurse she was having an allergic reaction. She said the nurse checked her throat and said her throat wasn't swollen," Marie Hadley, Brown's mother and a registered nurse (RN) told the news source. "As an RN, any time you get a rash, swelling -- you automatically take the patient off that medication."
There is no known cure for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, which often times causes the skin to blister off completely. Doctors typically can only take patients off medication and admit them to burn units.
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