Allergy to water is possible o.O

[Morgoth]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1811
wow, can you guys believe it ? That has got to suck big time

[Caras]

Yes, I saw some girl was on the news years ago

[Grimm-.-]

I saw something like this on that Ripley's show, Girl was allergic to water/rain ...Looks painful.

[Reise]

Kudos to her for not offing herself like some emo kid.

Must be a strong person to live with that every single day.

[Sylhana]

Poor girl .

[Dark Shifty]

it says that she breaks out when she is contact with water. what about if shes drinking water? would she get a break out on her tounge or something then?

[destructionmama]

sometimes I feel like I am such a weakling because people like her are kudosly amazing.

it says that she breaks out when she is contact with water. what about if shes drinking water? would she get a break out on her tounge or something then?

I think its only for her skin, which is the other layer of the body that's allergic to water.

[[SD]Twysta]

Kudos to her for not offing herself like some emo kid.

Must be a strong person to live with that every single day.

Out of all your 3.2k posts, this must be the most sentimental of them all

But yea damn, i don't think i could live with it all my life to be honest
What about drinks? Theres water in them.. :/

[HOLLAstir]

aww I feel for her. I'm allergic to something in my body so I have to take medication every morning and night so I don't break out all over in hives.

[Casey613]

Great, no wet t-shirts contests for her, no sweaty sex, no pool parties, no Gatorade commercials, no "I'm singing in the rain".


In all seriousness now, I feel sorry for the girl, I don't think I could live with that


HOLLA, what are you allergic to?

[Ice]

The page not found some one else have it to ?

You can be Allergy to almost evrything so it is possible

[Casey613]

Teenager Ashleigh Morris can't go swimming, soak in a hot bath or enjoy a shower after a stressful day's work - she's allergic to water.

Even sweating brings the 19-year-old out in a painful rash.

Ashleigh, from Melbourne, Australia, is allergic to water of any temperature, a condition she's lived with since she was 14.



he suffers from an extremely rare skin disorder called Aquagenic Urticaria - so unusual that only a handful of cases are documented worldwide.

When Ashleigh gets wet her body explodes in sore, itchy red lumps that take about two hours to ease.

She has to wash. But showering is a painful experience and she can only do it for a minute at a time.

These brief showers are the only contact Ashleigh has with water. The one thing she doesn't miss is the washing up.

"People find it hard to believe, they say things like 'Oh my god, how do you wash.



"That makes me feel dirty, but I consider myself a very clean person," she said.

Most of us take showering for granted but for Ashleigh it's a painful endurance that often reduces her to tears.

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

"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."

Away from water pretty Ashleigh appears like any other healthy teenager.

She leads a busy life studying Journalism and Public Relations at university and working in an office.

But if she gets wet she attracts unwanted attention.

"People stare at me in the street," said Ashleigh who lives with her mum Louise Miller, 42.

"After a shower I stay at home until it goes away, that frees me of the burden of having to explain."

Ashleigh spends a lot of time explaining her condition because few people have heard of it. Most doctors and dermatologists have never seen a case of it. "Many people don't even believe me when I tell them," said Ashleigh, who hardly believed it herself at first.

She developed the condition five years ago after an acute case of tonsillitis. She was prescribed a heavy dose of penicillin that rid her of the tonsillitis but left her with another problem.

"I suddenly started getting a rash after I showered or swam," says Ashleigh who used to swim regularly and spend a lot of time at the beach.

"I tried to ignore it but it got progressively worse so I went to see a dermatologist."

Ashleigh's dermatologist, Professor Rodney Sinclair, told her the penicillin had altered the histamine levels in her body and caused the Aquagenic Urticaria to occur.

There is no cure and no successful treatment for the condition so the gravity of the situation began to dawn on the 14-year-old Ashleigh.

"I was in disbelief for a while, but I soon realised how serious it was.

"I cried for a few hours, then picked myself up, and kept going. I realised it was something I had to live with," she says.

So Ashleigh found ways to avoid water - she stopped doing sports and anything that made her sweat.

She makes sure she stays in air-conditioned places and always has an umbrella in her car. Her family and boyfriend of three years, Adam, 23, are very supportive but her condition makes intimate moments with her Adam a little difficult.

"We have to sleep with a sheet between us at night, and I can't go near him if he's sweaty," said Ashleigh.

Even the experts seem a little vague about Aquagenic Urticaria.

Dermatologists agree there's an association with elevated blood histamine levels, but there are other processes at work since antihistamine drugs often provide no relief at all.

Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists says: "There isn't a wealth of information about Aquagenic Urticaria because it's extremely rare.

"We're not sure how many cases there are in the world and we do not yet fully understand the precise mechanisms that trigger the weals."

There you go Ice

[Doron]

I've got a friend here sitting next to me that has the same thing, but she only has it with warm water and not when she goes swimming...

[Ice]

Thanks Casey613
poor girl

[StealMySoda]

Ouch. And I thought my allergy to citric acid/cats/dogs/feathers/hayfever was bad

[!G4!]

dude that suxxxs

[Starrie]

OMG thats the worst allergy i've ever seen.
She shouldn't go to Holland, it's always raining here.

One of my classmates is allergic to:
Milk and related products
Chocolate.
Alcohol
Caffeine
Got Hayfever.
Got like 4 operations for his ears.
Got 5 under his feet, still having some wounds leaving him in pain --> Also if he's fwashing his hair, the shampoo reacts with the wounds.
Some operations to his p**** (i didnt even wanna know but he just told )

His life is a hell too.

Edit: added some more allergics of that guy.

[Megami]

^damn poor guy.

and that poor girl..wow allergic to water, that's living hell. i would not be able to live without normal showers....or drinking water or etc. i cant imagine the pain she's going thru :\

[AngelEyes]

Got a buddy, that's allergic to alcohol. Not as bad as being allergic to water, but damn, that's a close 2nd in my book.

[HOLLAstir]

Great, no wet t-shirts contests for her, no sweaty sex, no pool parties, no Gatorade commercials, no "I'm singing in the rain".


In all seriousness now, I feel sorry for the girl, I don't think I could live with that


HOLLA, what are you allergic to?

It's a really long name, i'll have to call my doctor to get the name of it again. So i'll repost later what it is I have.

[Love]

she is good looking so i bet they make her feel special so no big deal only thing i would say kinda sucks is taking showers lol and you all feeling sorry for her

list of people with diseases/problems i feel more sorry for
1. blind guy
2. guy who lost an arm and has to look like a freack for the rest of his life
3. kid born with cancer slowly dying
4. bunch of other people

think about it for a second is not so bad not saying is a blessing either i do find it very interesting tho

[Gaigemasta]

but then you'd be allergic to 70% of urself O_o

[Jstar1]

she is good looking so i bet they make her feel special so no big deal only thing i would say kinda sucks is taking showers lol and you all feeling sorry for her

list of people with diseases/problems i feel more sorry for
1. blind guy
2. guy who lost an arm and has to look like a freack for the rest of his life
3. kid born with cancer slowly dying
4. bunch of other people

think about it for a second is not so bad not saying is a blessing either i do find it very interesting tho

+1000 yeah people need to be really thankful everyday for even having a normal body that has no problems. Whens the last time you get a papercut or something and its hurts when you try to wash your hands. Pisses you off doesnt it? Its uncomfortable right? We need to be thankful for having a normal body. Casually, that sounds retarded, but if you think about it, its a big deal

[iGod]

Kudos to her for not offing herself like some emo kid.

Must be a strong person to live with that every single day.

+1

She must be a vampire tho, vampires dont do well with water..

[SaoKill]

Kudos to her for not offing herself like some emo kid.

Must be a strong person to live with that every single day.

+1

She must be a vampire tho, vampires dont do well with sunlight..

[iGod]

Blade does..

[Ice]

but then you'd be allergic to 70% of urself O_o

@love
sure other who have some of diseases/problems its sad for them also,but she have a real big problem. So think about it

allergy is nothing to ignore it can be also deathly for someone who have allergy

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

Got a buddy, that's allergic to alcohol. Not as bad as being allergic to water, but damn, that's a close 2nd in my book.

LOL my friend can't drink african palm wine: it has the same effect as LCD --> he goes f!€!*n insane after a few millilitres

not as bad as this though

Kudos to her for not offing herself like some emo kid.

Must be a strong person to live with that every single day.

+1

She must be a vampire tho, vampires dont do well with sunlight..

you can be allergic against sunlight and cold temperatures too (what if you have both allergies , damn immune system)

[SaoKill]

cold tempatures? wtf?
Never heard of that, but I have heard of where you couldn't go outside with sunlight, otherwise you'd get horrible burns on your skin. Is that considered an allergy?

Anyways, I was saying that vampires are effected by Sunlight!

[iGod]

Water too, look at Rayne, or Raziel.