Pregnant mum nearly lost baby after horrific allergic reaction to period pain medication

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A pregnant mum nearly lost her unborn baby and her life when she suffered an extreme allergic reaction to period pain medication.

Soraia Bonuar Gomes, 30, was left with blisters all over her body after taking naproxen and cyclizine after being pregnant for eight weeks. She was rushed to intensive care with a potentially life-threatening skin condition.

She was warned that the reaction could result in her losing her unborn baby as doctors administered high doses of pain relief while attempting to save her life. After a long and difficult month in hospital, Soraia was eventually discharged.

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Against all odds, she welcomed her daughter Reyven-Vallenty seven months later. Cleaner Soraia, from Manchester, said: "As soon as I was in hospital, I didn't know if my baby would survive. They said I would lose my baby, but I didn't.

"I lost my vision, I couldn't walk, I was just stuck in the bed for two months being fed through a drip. It was so scary. All of my skin was burning all over my body.

"When I started reacting to the medicine, all of these bubbles appeared on my skin, like they were filled with water. It was very painful.

"As soon as I was in hospital, I didn't know if my baby would survive. They said I would lose my baby, but I didn't.

"The doctors had to burst the bubbles so the fluid would come out. They had to put me to sleep, and they gave me lots of pain relief so I couldn't feel what they were doing.

"Every time that I woke up, the first thing that I would ask is how is my baby. The doctors said I shouldn't think about the baby as I could lose it and just worry about myself but I always worried about my baby. It was so scary."

Sorai