Self Medication Kills:14 Year Old Girl Who Reacted to Taking Septrin by Having Severe Burns, Passes Away

Self medication has led so many people to untimely death. 
 

14 year old Amina Ibrahim who suffered severe burns after allegedly taking popular antibiotics, Septin, has died. Amina had gone to a chemist to buy medications when she was feeling ill and when she got there, she met the 19 year old son of the pharmacist who prescribed the antibiotics for her. She took the drug and immediately started reacting to it. Within an hour, she suffered sever burns on her face and neck. She was later diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a “rare, serious disorder of skin and mucous membranes that is usually caused from reaction to a medication or an infection.  Amina died at the Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano State.

 Stop self medication, meet doctor if you have feeling of any abnormality in your body. Stay Safe

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