Girl, one, fighting for life after doctors refused to take severe rash seriously – World News

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES: Helena Cristina reportedly had a response to the medicine she was taking to cease her seizures. She is now in an Intensive Care Unit intubated on a respiratory gadget

A one-year-old woman is combating for her life after docs repeatedly refused to take a extreme rash critically, her household stated.

Little Helena Cristina reportedly had a response to the medicine she was taking to cease her seizures.

Her face and physique at the moment are utterly coated in what was a rash, however now appears to be like like extreme burns.

The toddler’s dad stated he had spent weeks making an attempt to persuade the docs to deal with the rash critically.

Nevertheless, he was allegedly advised to not fear as medics believed it was both a virus or a dermatological situation that might go away with time.

Helena is now being cared for at a hospital within the municipality of Anapolis within the Brazilian state of Goias.

The toddler is in an Intensive Care Unit intubated on a respiratory gadget as she will be able to now not breathe on her personal.

Her dad Hugo Cristiano Penno da Silva advised the native information web site G1: “They determined to intubate her so she would not undergo an excessive amount of making an attempt to breathe.

“They suppose that the anticonvulsants drugs she was prescribed brought about the response.”

He added: “She is ready to be seen by a surgeon who will perform additional examinations of the burn-like rashes that now cowl most of her physique.”

Medical doctors haven’t but launched info on the particular medicine the toddler took aside from the truth that it was prescribed to cease her from having seizures.

Hugo advised G1 that Helena started to have seizures when she was 5 months outdated and after examinations by a number of neurologists she was prescribed anticonvulsants.

Based on Hugo, it was after three weeks of taking the medicine that she first developed the rashes.

The toddler’s dad stated that it took a very long time to get a prognosis as a number of docs turned them away saying Helena was merely affected by a virus that might cross naturally.

Her situation didn’t enhance and the docs identified the one-year-old with rosacea which is a long-term pores and skin situation that often impacts adults and ends in purple itchy pores and skin on the nostril, cheeks and brow.

The docs prescribed the woman antibiotics for the pores and skin situation, however it continued to worsen because the rash turned extra extreme and unfold throughout her physique.

Solely after weeks of backwards and forwards with the docs, they linked the pores and skin situation to a response to the anti-convulsant medicine.

Hugo stated: “It is very tough to not be terrified when seeing one thing like this occur to your individual daughter, however I’m hopeful that the docs will be capable of assist her get well.”