Woman Suffers Allergy To Water: Where life without water is impossible to imagine, there, a 25-year-old girl is battling such a health condition in which water has become the cause of her trouble. 

Kendall Bryce, a 25-year-old British woman, suffers from a rare water allergy called aquagenic urticaria, which has made her life difficult. The condition is so severe that she finds it difficult to even take a bath. Kendall says that when she takes a shower or suddenly gets caught in the rain, she gets a burning sensation and swelling on her body, which feels like burning on fire.

Due to this rare allergy, she not only has to face physical pain but also mental stress because she is not able to get proper cleanliness. Kendall says that due to this disease, she can take bath only twice a week

Aquagenic urticaria, also known as water allergy, is a rare type of urticaria (hives). In this, painful rashes appear on the body of a person as soon as he comes in contact with water. These rashes can appear red or skin colored on the skin. Mostly it occurs after adolescence. So far only 37 cases have been reported since 1964.

symptoms

Symptoms of this allergy include redness of the skin, a burning or stinging sensation, swelling, and itchy skin rashes. In some cases, sore throat and difficulty in breathing may also occur.

can't even bathe the baby

Kendall says that at the beginning of this disease she only felt a sharp pain on the skin like pricking of thorns, but now this pain has increased even more and it feels as if someone has burnt her body with a lighter. She cannot even bathe her one-year-old child, her mother has to help her for this.

What causes aquagenic urticaria?

Scientists have not yet been able to know what is the real cause of this disease. However, it is believed that when exposed to water, histamine is released in the body, causing allergy-like symptoms. Histamine is a chemical that is released in the body in an allergic reaction. However, it is not clear how this histamine is released when exposed to water.

Treatment of Aquagenic Urticaria

There is no permanent cure for this condition, but doctors suggest some treatments that can help relieve the symptoms. The most common treatments include antihistamines, which help reduce itching and swelling. Also, phototherapy can be used during flare-ups, which thickens the upper layer of the skin and prevents water from penetrating the skin. If there is difficulty in breathing, an EpiPen can also be used, which is an auto-injector of adrenaline.