Story from Jam Press (Medication Reaction) Pictured: Video grab of Jaqueline and her journey in hospital with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. ‘Pills for menstrual cramps left me burning from the inside out and put me in COMA – it’s a miracle I survived’ A woman has revealed how taking Ibuprofen to alleviate her menstrual cramps resulted in a 17-day coma and blistering, peeling skin all over her body. Jaqueline Gmack says she took the over-the-counter medication as usual but started to experience a mild itch in her eye a few days later. When she woke up with blood blisters inside her mouth the following day, the 31-year-old went to hospital, where her condition continued to worsen. Soon, her entire face was covered in blisters and she could barely see. The next thing Jaqueline remembers is waking up from a 17-day induced coma – the result of a rare condition triggered by the body reacting to medication. “It was like I'd been burned from the inside out,” Jaqueline, from Papanduva, Brazil, told [What's The Jam](https://whatsthejam.com / "). "I didn't know what had happened to me. "I noticed my entire body was bandaged, my vision was completely blurred, and I had a tube down my throat, but I wasn't in any pain. "Only then did the penny start to drop and I realised that I was very weak, and that something very serious had happened to me.” Jaqueline was suffering from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, an incredibly rare condition caused by the body's overreaction to medicine, particularly epilepsy medicines, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory painkillers. Essentially, the body attacks its own skin, causing agonising blisters and peeling. Without treatment, the condition can be life-threatening. The condition left Jaqueline with scarring and severely damaged her eyes. She said: "They [doctors] told me it was a miracle I'd survived. “My family didn't let me see myself in the mirror for a few days. “When I did finally look in the mirror, I saw someone