SJS to be Featured on Cable Health Show

Klamath Falls, ORA 23-year-old survivor of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) will recount her harrowing story for a national audience on the Discovery Channel's Mystery Diagnosis this week.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">When she was only six years old, Nicole Chapman was diagnosed with a severe skin rash and a bad case of measles. As her fever, blisters and violent headaches worsened, it became clear that the young girl was dealing with was not measles. Doctors recinded their initial analysis and diagnoised Chapman with SJS.

Though no official cause has been determined, Chapman believes that the headache medication given to her as a child may have led to her devlopment of SJS, according to the CBS news KTVL.

The life-threatening illness is typically brought on by a severe allergic reaction to medication and can cause large areas of the skin to become detached as lesions begin developing in the mucous membranes.

Chapman, who still suffers several lingering effects of her condition, including artificial tear ducts and severe scars on her throat, agreed to go on the show to publicize the little-known condition.

"This can happen to anybody," she told the news provider. "There have been numerous people that have not made it."