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Boy suffers third-degree burns after leg brushed 'Britain's most dangerous plant'

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A mum has issued a warning after her son received these horrific third degree burns from Hogweed - dubbed Britain's most dangerous plant.

Jayden Bird, nine, rubbed his leg against the toxic weed which is thriving thanks to lockdown. He was playing with his siblings while on a camping holiday with his family when he ran past a patch of hogweed near some trees on the campsite.

Within minutes his right leg was covered in red marks - and sixteen hours later they erupted into puss-filled blisters leaving him in agony.

Doctors said the third-degree burns will leave scars which could last a number of years, and little Jayden said he doesn't want to wear shorts outside anymore.

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