Red child syndrome.

CHILD syndrome

Red ear syndrome.

An otherwise healthy 39-year-old man, who denied history of migraine or chronic headache, presented with recurrent left ear pain. The first attack was several months ago, lasting for seconds only. The second attack persisted for 20 minutes, followed by the third episode several hours later. The patient attributed the last attack to be triggered by a violent movement of jaw while he opened his m...

Red man syndrome

Vancomycin can cause two types of hypersensitivity reactions, the red man syndrome and anaphylaxis. Red man syndrome has often been associated with rapid infusion of the first dose of the drug and was initially attributed to impurities found in vancomycin preparations. Even after improvement in vancomycin’s purity, however, reports of the syndrome persist. Other antibiotics (e.g. ciprofloxacin,...

Red scrotum syndrome.

BACKGROUND Red scrotum syndrome is a rare and chronic disease affecting males in their second half of life. It is characterized by erythema with sharpborders, no scaling but burning and pain sensations. MAIN OBSERVATIONS We report about two cases treated successfully with either doxycycline and tacrolimus or gabapentine. CONCLUSION For practical purposes we suggest to start treating red scr...

Idiopathic Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in a Child: a Case Report

Background Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is one of potentially fatal disorders that often occur after taking certain types of medication. There are reports of this disease after some infections. This paper presents the case of a young boy with idiopathic Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Case Report A six-year-old male patient with complaint of fever and skin lesions was transferred to emergency depar...