Teenager allergic to water

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A MELBOURNE teenager has revealed she is allergic to water and can only shower for a minute before she is overcome by pain.

Ashleigh Morris, 19, told the UK’s Daily Mail of her condition which causes her to break out in red sores when she comes into contact with water.

She is even allergic to her own sweat so she rarely ventures outdoors, has given up on playing sports and never goes swimming.

"Although my rash is unsightly, and often looks like I'm diseased, the feeling is so much worse than it looks," she told the paper.

"I can't go anywhere for about two hours afterwards because it's so severe.

"There's been many occasions where I've been so itchy, I've made myself bleed from scratching."

Ashleigh has suffered from the rare affliction, aquagenic urticaria, since she was 14.

It is believed to have developed when a course of penicillin altered the histamine levels in her body.

Ashleigh, a journalism student, does not have any reaction to drinking water but contact with her skin leads to the hives.

She said her family had been very supportive as had her boyfriend Adam, 23, despite the problems it can cause.

"We have to sleep with a sheet between us at night, and I can't go near him if he's sweaty," Ashleigh told the Daily Mail.
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Water proves to be torture for teenager | NEWS.com.au

Yike. it must be suck to be like this.
 
Aw, damn! These days are just so weird, it is pretty rare to have allergy to water :eek3:
 
Wow!! Poor her that she couldnt have a nice hot bath tub or go to the beach to swim. Poor her!! I hope one day they find something to cure it.. sigh
 
Yeah, you will be surprised of different types of allergic that person can have. I saw story about people who are allergic to sun so that they can't go outside unless they wear special costume that block the rays. It is kinda sad...yeah I do hope those people find a cure for it.
 
GalaxyAngel said:
*shrugs*
That extreme deadly! :shock:
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Not deadly, I would say - due to the show story on tv few days ago, it was mild allergy, it will give you itchy body all over, if you are in the water for more than one minute.
 
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