I don't know if I'll ever look normal again

WOMAN'S ORDEAL AFTER CONTRACTING RARE SKIN INFECTION.

- STEPHEN TOPPING

A WOMAN says she fears she may never get back to looking normal again' after contracting a terrible skin infection.

Margaret McGurrin, from east Manchester, claims she was told to go to A&E immediately after seeing her GP earlier this month.

The 59-year-old rushed to Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), where she claims she was given antibiotics. She claims her condition worsened after her condition was not initially diagnosed.

Margaret says that six days later, she called NHS 111 and spoke to an emergency doctor, who diagnosed her with the rare infection eczema herpeticum.

More than two weeks on, Margaret says she is still taking antivirals for the infection.

She says she fears she may never fully recover.

"It breaks my heart to look at [old photos]," Margaret said. "I don't know if I will ever get back to looking normal again.