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Ritter von Ritterschein Disease

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Way back June 2010, it was the crucial moment in our family when my son was confined in the hospital. It was a hearth breaking for us seeing our only baby boy suffering a kind of disease. His skin  looks like it was burn t in a fire. We can't even afford to hold and carry him because he will feel the pain in his body. What my son experienced was a kind of skin disease that mostly susceptible on infants up to 2yrs old kids. My son was diagnosed for almost 1 week in the hospital. It was started with watery redness around his mo uth and about a minute , the bacteria scattered so fast all over his face and body. This skin disease is called  Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome  (SSSS) , also known as Ritter von Ritterschein disease (in newborns), Ritter disease, and staphylococcal epidermal necrolysis, encompasses a spectrum of superficial blistering skin disorders caused by the exfoliative toxins of some strains of  Staphylococcus aureus . It is a syndrom...