The model develops Stevens-Johnson syndrome from antibiotics

A stunning Thai swimsuit model had rashes and blisters all over her face and body after being given antibiotics she was allergic to – three times.

“The pain was so great that I really felt like I was going to die. It was intense. My whole body was burning and aching. There are no words strong enough to describe how it felt,” Sasinan Chuenlosang, 31, told Viral Press.

Chuenlosang, whose day job was in IT, complained of a sore throat and red eyes when she visited a hospital in Bangkok on June 18.

Doctors diagnosed him with tonsillitis and gave him Ceftriaxone, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections.

But that didn’t help and actually made things worse. The online model returned to hospital three days later after experiencing chest tightness, flushing, blurred vision, swollen mouth and inability to walk properly.

Chuenlosang said she was given another dose of the same medicine and diagnosed with chickenpox.

She reports that her rash worsened, causing blindness in her left eye.

She was taken to the ICU, where doctors gave her a third shot of Ceftriaxone.

Chuenlosang felt dizzy and her right eye became cloudy and numb. She stayed in the ICU for seven days.

She was later transferred to another hospital, where she was diagnosed with severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal reaction to medications or infections.

It usually starts with flu-like symptoms, followed by a painful rash, causing the top layer of skin to die and peel off.

Chuenlosang was still bedridden as of Monday and had to cut her long hair to let her rash heal.

She has scars around her eyes and mouth and on her forehead and cheeks. Her neck is covered with gauze to soak up the blood and pus that flowed down her face.

“Before that, I was employed in an IT company and I was [an] model online in my spare time,” Chuenlosang recalls. “This condition has destroyed my dreams. It has destroyed the life I had before.”

She is looking for an ophthalmologist to help restore her vision so she can return to work.

Meanwhile, Thanakrit Jitareerat, Thailand’s deputy minister of public health, said the government is investigating whether Chuenlosang’s treatment “adheres to medical practices”.