![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-looked-so-bad-nurses-asked-me-if-id-been-in-a-fire/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/comp-ap-6469-offplat.jpg&description=A WOMAN who was rushed to hospital says nurses asked if she'd been in a fire after seeing her "burning" skin caused by steroid cream. Cecillia French from San Francisco, California, US, has suffered with symptoms of eczema since she was a baby. Cecillia French has had eczema from childhood but in recent years it's flared up significantlyCredit: Jampress / Cecillia French Her skin got so bad she was rushed to hospital where she says nurses asked if she'd been in a fireCredit: Jampress / Cecillia French She says it's steroid creams, prescribed to treat her eczema, that made her skin flare up so badly it looked like she'd been burntCredit: Jampress / Cecillia French While the printing press worker doesn't remember her experiences as a child, now 34, she has vivid memories of the rashes and inflammations she experienced as a teenager. As an adult, the condition escalated so dramatically Cecillia could barely stand the pain from her red, oozing skin and intensely deep itch – and even says she spent a 'full year' in her bathtub to manage the symptoms. But her nightmare didn't really begin until doctors prescribed her steroid cream as treatment, which she claims saw her end up in hospital with symptoms so severe, she looked like a burns survivor. "I would press on with life anyway, but my flares would be red, hot, burning, itchy and sometimes wet," she said. "After using the cream, I started having horrific symptoms very early on. "A few years back, I had a severe full body flare that landed me in the emergency room (ER); even the nurses were shocked at my condition. "My entire body was burning red and leaking fluid. "They asked me if I had been in a fire, it was such a frightening experience." Her symptoms became so hard to manage that she says she resorted to spending hours on end in the bath. She said: 'I spent almost one full year in my bathtub for six to eight hours a day total, sometimes splitting the time between mornings before I had to go to work and after work fa){kind=link}
A WOMAN who was rushed to hospital says nurses asked if she’d been in a fire after seeing her “burning” skin caused by steroid cream.
Cecillia French from San Francisco, California, US, has suffered with symptoms of eczema since she was a baby.
While the printing press worker doesn’t remember her experiences as a child, now 34, she has vivid memories of the rashes and inflammations she experienced as a teenager.
As an adult, the condition escalated so dramatically Cecillia could barely stand the pain from her red, oozing skin and intensely deep itch – and even says she spent a “full year” in her bathtub to manage the symptoms.
But her nightmare didn’t really begin until doctors prescribed her steroid cream as treatment, which she claims saw her end up in hospital with symptoms so severe, she looked like a burns survivor.