Crying became a painful thing for Katie Dell (26 years) because he was allergic to water, even with tears and his own sweat. Katie is one of 35 people worldwide are diagnosed with a rare condition called aquagenic urticaria, which means he is allergic to water.
Allergic to water makes Katie should not linger in the shower, swim, and even her own tears could trigger a rash, which makes her skin was burning and painful.
This condition also makes her afraid to go out of the house because it exposed to rain water can make the skin suffer. Katie even had to give up his job as a dance teacher in sweat also causes allergic reactions.
He also did not want to cry and angry, because her tears also cause a painful reaction on his face.
"I can not even watch the movie crybaby like most girls. I've spent a lot of classic movies like ET and The Notebook. If I think it would cry, I'll go out and spend a lot of good movies," explains Katie Dell, who is from Flint, North Wales, as reported by Dailymail, Friday (12/16/2011).
Symptoms begin to be felt Katie's reaction after he suffered a tonsillectomy when she was about 16 years. According to him, after he underwent tonsillectomy should consume penicillin allergy who then make it.
"Doctors think this may have changed the level of histamine in my body," explains Katie.
Katie did not immediately realize that she developed a skin rash on contact with water every time. The condition is so rare that doctors initially misdiagnosed.
"When I was 20 years old, it is the point where I want to dig my skin. But the doctor looked at me as if I lied and people accuse me of just hallucinating, although I was really in pain. I was going crazy," recalls .
It was only after 2 years when she finally got a clear diagnosis, namely aquagenic urticaria.
"I think I'm allergic to chemicals, so I replace soap, shampoo and conditioner. I saw on the internet and find people who are experiencing the same condition I called perusis, so I changed my diet, started minut drug fever, give soda to the tub bath even tried herbal remedies, but it does not work. I am happy to finally find the right diagnosis the doctor because I thought I was going crazy, "he explained.
When an allergic reaction to relapse, the symptoms will continue and get worse, starting with the neck and skin itching.
"Now I have a fever, rash and painful that can reduce me to tears, but I refused to cry because it makes my face red and itchy. I was quite depressed and should always look at the weather before leaving home. I usually have to cancel due to rain and I find it difficult to establish social relationships, "explains Katie.
Now she could no longer linger in the shower bath. He could only spend no more than 2 minutes in the bathroom and have need of help of her husband Andy (31 years) to accompany him.
Currently there is no cure for the condition aquagenic urticaria and Katie said she must learn to accept these conditions in her life.
Lindsey McManus, an allergist at Allergy UK, said the condition can be triggered by a number of different reasons, from the temperature of water to the chemicals in the water.
"However, not all forms of urticaria has an allergic component, it can be caused by physical reactions such as heat or exercise. This can usually be treated with anti-histamine," explains Lindsey McManus.
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