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The most common and serious long-term sequelae of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and TEN are the ocular complications. If an amniotic membrane graft can be placed into the eye during the first 3-4 days of SJS/TEN most of the eye issues can be avoided. Eye
care is of utmost importance in this disease!!
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Erythema multiforme (EM) is a medical term for skin eruptions featuring iris or target lesions. Doctors/medical experts like to use this term if the skin problem is localized, i.e. limited to small patches on the body. Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic
Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) is an acute, self-limited disease, with high
morbidity, that is potentially life-threatening.
Ocular involvement is common in patients with SJS and TEN.
There's a growing body of evidence that if SJS is correctly diagnosed in the early stages and medically treated correctly, it will not get to the blistering and life-threatening stage.
SJS/TEN is essentially drug-induced. A few cases are related to infectious agents as mycoplasma pneumonia, or other viruses and bacteria. Some cases remain unexplained.
SJS/TEN
after-effects can include:
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