A MUM is issuing a warning about eating lollies in the sun after a lime ice pop left her five-year-old son with a large blister on his mouth.
Mum Amy, 32, gave her eldest son Henry a sugar-free lime lolly, before seeing large crusty blisters form on her son's mouth.Matt, from Tunbridge Wells, said: "At first we thought he’d contracted foot-and-mouth disease. Henry was suffering the beginnings of a bizarre condition called phytophotodermatitis triggered by a chemical reaction between sunlight, certain plant chemicals and the skin, reportedThe reaction happens when compounds within the plants called furocoumarins react with UVA light, which visibly damages the skin.
Amy and Matt took Henry to a local pharmacist near their resort, where they were given antibiotic cream to help treat his breakouts.Phytophotodermatitis is a type of contact dermatitis. The term consists of Phyto: meaning plant, Photo: meaning sunlight, and dermatitis: meaning inflammation of the skin.
Has she not watched dumb and dumber! 🙄
Yawn where there's a blame there a claim call today ...you'll get 100,s of mums now buying ice lollies
Good. Lord.