19歲女 服用特敏福後被遺下失明作戰（和她甚至沒有豬流感）
Girl, 19, left battling blindness after taking Tamiflu (and she didn't even have swine flu)
By Cher Thornhill
Last updated at 2:50 PM on 21st January 2010
Disabled: Samantha Millard had an allergic reaction to Tamiflu which left her blistered and battling blindness
殘疾：米勒德對特敏福有過敏反應，這給她留下起水泡及失明奮鬥
A teenage girl left disabled by the swine flu treatment Tamiflu did not even have the virus, it was revealed today.
一名十多歲少女在特敏福治療豬流感後，被遺下殘疾的身體，更甚的是她沒有病毒，這是在今天透露。
Samantha Millard, 19, became critically ill after suffering a severe allergic reaction to the tablets, which she took on the advice of the controversial NHS helpline.
19歲的米勒德，在具爭議的國民保健服務熱線的意見後，服用特敏福而對藥丸產生嚴重過敏反應，其後病危。
Within 72 hours of taking three pills, doctors put her on life support.
在72小時內服用3粒後，醫生要把她放在生命支持儀器上。
Samantha spent a month in hospital after developing the life-threatening Stevens Johnson syndrome, which causes the skin to peel off, and later developed toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome, which has damaged her sight.
米勒德在發展了威脅生命的史蒂文斯約翰遜綜合症後，花了一個月留醫；這症會導致皮膚剝落，之後會發展中毒性表皮壞死松解綜合症，這已破壞她的視力。
But tests at the hospital have since revealed that she never even contracted the swine flu virus.
但醫院的測試顯露，她甚至從來沒有染上豬流感病毒。
Her devastated mother Debbie Van Horenbeeck is now seeking legal advice about the information given out by the NHS swine flu helpline. She believes that Tamiflu has not been tested thoroughly enough.
‘They have disabled my daughter from that helpline,’ said the 42-year-old, who is now her daughter's full-time carer.
'When they told her she had swine flu, they did not inform her of anything that could go wrong. The Government told us we should take this if we got swine flu.’
Doctors believe it will take up to two years for Samantha - who has lost a stone in weight - to recover and do not know if her eyesight will ever be restored.
She said: ‘It’s hard. I can’t bathe myself, I can’t dress myself, I can’t watch films and I can’t read books.
‘I sit in my bedroom with my sunglasses on, curtains closed and the TV on so I can hear it. I don’t know how long it will take for my eyes to heal.
‘I know I’m improving but some days it’s really hard to cope with it. I can’t cry - I have no tears.’
Samantha, of Bicester in Oxfordshire, had taken just three of the 10 tablets when she broke out in a red rash.
Within hours, her body was covered in painful blisters which were so severe her long hair had to be shaved off.
She was rushed to hospital, where tests later revealed that she never actually contracted the swine flu virus.
The student at Bicester Community College now needs to use eye-drops every hour and wear sunglasses and a hat whenever she leaves her house.
Last year the Mail revealed some of the call centres speaking to people with suspected swine flu were manned by 16-year-olds with just three hours training.
A leading health expert also claimed last week that the swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare.
Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic.
Rare risk: Tamiflu has been linked to a few rare cases of lthe life-threatening Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, which causes the skin to peel off罕見風險：特敏福已與幾宗危及生命的史蒂芬強森症候群的罕見個案有關，會導致皮膚剝落
This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease.
Sitting at her daughter's bedside last year, Debbie said: 'It shouldn't be the case that people with no medical background can make these decisions.
'These people are just Joe Bloggs off the street. My daughter could die because of this. Her condition is getting worse.
Stevens Johnson syndrome affects just three in a million people and is usually triggered by an adverse reaction to medication. The mortality rate is around 15 per cent.
Victims develop terrible scarring all over their bodies as well as severe conjunctivitis which can lead to blindness and mouth infections which can stop them eating.
A Roche spokeswoman said the incident would be investigated and could not rule out the role of Tamiflu in triggering the syndrome.
She said: 'While it is difficult to determine the role of Tamiflu in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, the prescribing information for doctors carries information regarding single cases of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome that have been reported.
A Department of Health spokesman said: 'We are sorry to hear about this young woman's illness and hope she recovers quickly.
'Stevens Johnson Syndrome can happen after medicines or infections and it is very difficult to pinpoint the cause. Serious reactions to Tamiflu are extremely rare and it should still be taken as soon as possible, especially for very serious swine flu cases.
'The National Pandemic Flu Service has been informed by the best clinical expertise including specialist UK Royal Colleges. It includes questions so that potential signs of serious conditions are picked up and referred for immediate medical advice.
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