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DRESS syndrome history and symptoms
Introduction
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
Symptoms of DRESS syndrome include the following:
Common Symptoms
- Rash (almost always present, may be pruritic)
- Fever (present in approximately 80% of patients)
- Fatigue
Less Common Symptoms
- Myalgia
- Facial edema
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Dyspnea
- Bruise
- Epistaxis
- Oral and perioral pain (caused by mucosal lesions in the oral cavity)
- Confusion
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D., Serge Korjian M.D.