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Daily Mirror
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Charlotte Penketh-King & Adam May

Pregnant mum nearly lost baby and died after extreme allergy to period pain medication

A pregnant mum nearly lost both her unborn baby and her life when her body was left covered in blisters after an extreme allergic reaction to period pain medication.

Soraia Bonuar Gomes, 30, was taking naproxen and cyclizine and was rushed to ICU with a potentially life-threatening skin condition just eight weeks into her pregnancy.

Her entire body was covered in blisters which burst and peeled, leaving her skin red raw.

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