Massachusetts Organization Helps Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Sufferer

Waltham, MAA Waltham, Massachusetts group is helping a young girl who contracted Stevens-Johnson Syndrome when she was just two years old to avoid becoming blind, the Waltham News Tribune reports.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">According to the news provider, the young girl, Damila, suffered severe rashes and blisters when she was diagnosed with the condition, and she needed to spend two months in intensive care. Additionally, the syndrome scarred her eyelids and tear glands, causing her to develop photophobia.

Photophobia is discomfort of the eyes in bright light, according to the National Library of Medicine.

Damila's family, who resides in Uruguay, began to raise funds to travel to visit the Boston Foundation for Sight in Needham in order to allow the girl to receive treatment and avoid becoming blind, according to the news source.

Recently, the family has been working with one of the group's doctors to install a prosthetic device called PROSE into Damila's eyes to help them function more normally, the news provider said.