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Episode 6: "I Felt Like I Was on Fire"

Episode 6: "I Felt Like I Was on Fire"

Update: 2020-12-01

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Theresa Stickney shares the story of her long and complicated course of illness with DRESS Syndrome, triggered by the drug Vancomycin.

Since recovering, she has been inspired to share what she knows, both as a nurse and a patient - helping other patients, caregivers, doctors and researchers better understand this often misdiagnosed and difficult to treat condition.

Interview: Theresa McDonnell Stickney (Mother, Registered Nurse, DRESS patient and advocate), August, 2019 in Bethesda, MD

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Episode 6: "I Felt Like I Was on Fire"

Episode 6: "I Felt Like I Was on Fire"

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