Mother nearly died after suffering horrific allergic reaction to newly-prescribed medication.

A mother was left fighting for her life after suffering a severe allergic reaction just weeks after beginning anti-depressants.


Mpho Boadia, 36, was prescribed the mood lifters in January 2013 to help with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder following the sudden death of a friend in 2010.

But just weeks later she developed a rash all over her body and face.

Doctors believed she had chicken pox, but as the rash got worse and blisters began erupting all over her body, she was rushed to intensive care.

There, she was diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome - a rare condition where the immune system 'overreacts' following a trigger such as a mild infection or medicine.

Mpho Boadia, 36, nearly died after suffering a allergic reaction to her anti-depressants. Just weeks after taking the medication a rash developed and soon she said her face was 'rotting' (right)

Potentially fatal, it leads to blistering and peeling of the skin and surfaces of the eyes, mouth and throat.

Miss Boadia described how she became covered in a painful rash before she started losing sensation across her body and taste buds.

She also told of how 'bits of flesh would fall out' every time she blew her nose.

Then, in late February 2013, she was taken to intensive care at Klerksdorp Hospital, where she was put under general anaesthetic and had her body scrubbed raw.

'The rash was really itchy. I immediately realised something was wrong,' she said.

'As it progressed, it was like I had been burnt with an iron. Blisters were spreading over me, so my skin was rubbed off.

'It was gruesome and painful. It was emotionally and physically difficult. My head was rotting. I was blistering from the inside out.'

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