article_snippet: It is typically a reaction to a medication, and can prove fatal.
article_snippet: These are followed by a painful red or purplish rash that spreads and blisters.
article_snippet: Then the top layer of the affected skin dies and sheds.
article_snippet: The illness, which is a form of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, is typically a reaction to a drug or an infection, and can prove fatal.
highlights_snippet: Taken to hospital and diagnosed with 