Mum says agonising blisters caused by River Island shoes landed her in hospital
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum claims she suffered a horrific allergic reaction to a pair of River Island heels that caused clusters of painful blisters breaking out on her feet and landed her in hospital.
Donna Roberts purchased the gold strappy sandals from the Surrey Quays shopping centre, south-east London, to go with her outfit for a friend's birthday party.
The 43-year-old wore the shoes, which she found in the sale for roughly £30, to her pal's party in October - but just three days later her feet broke out in agonising sores, according to Hull Live.
At first, the mum-of-two thought new socks had caused the reaction, but when the large welts appeared after she put on the heels for another occasion, she realised they were the cause.Horrifying photos show blisters bubbling up across her toes where they enter the shoe and a painful red welt on the flesh where the strap sits.The early years practitioner is now demanding answers from the retailer about the contents of the fabric, which are listed only as 'other' on the bottom of the shoes.But Donna says that despite sending one shoe back for testing in January, and receiving a tracking confirmation of delivery, River Island claim not to have received it.River Island said the matter had been 'investigated internally' and claimed the product 'meets all necessary compliance standards'.Donna, from Peckham, south London, said: "I wore them to this party and everything was fine at first."But then the middle of the next week I started to get itchy around my ankles and then gradually a red ring came around each ankle."It felt like tingling at first, like pins and needles, then my toes started itching and gradually blistering came out."The following weekend I went to A&E because the blistering had
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