- Specialty
- Dermatology
- Symptoms
- Fever, skin blisters , skin peeling, painful skin, red eyes
- Complications
- Dehydration , sepsis , pneumonia , multiple organ failure .
- Usual onset
- Age < 30
- Causes
- Certain medications, certain infections , unknown
- Risk factors
- HIV/AIDS , systemic lupus erythematosus , genetics , certain medications
- Diagnostic method
- <10% of the skin involved, skin biopsy
- Differential diagnosis
- Chickenpox , staphylococcal epidermolysis , staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome , autoimmune bullous disease , smallpox
- Treatment
- Hospitalization, stopping the cause
- Medication
- Pain medication , antihistamines , antibiotics , corticosteroids , intravenous immunoglobulins
- Prognosis
- Mortality ~7.5%