Damn dear, you've found my weakness.
I went to school with a girl who said her brother was, and that they had to clean him with powder.
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Aquagenic pruritis is a condition that results after exposure to water of any temperature. Symptoms develop within minutes and may include itching, burning or even a prickly sensation.
I doubt it. Nobody would survive such an allergy for very long as water is essential for the existence and survival of all living creatures and plant life.
Humans can live for a few weeks without food, but not much longer than 24 hours without water.
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http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stori..."An average adult body is 50 to 65 percent water --"..........
The chunky style out of the tap, yes!
Well, I know for a fact that there are people who have the fear of water; it's called hydrophobia. But I haven't heard of anyone being allergic to water. It might be possible, but I highly doubt it.
Yes.
Water allergy, or "Aquagenous urticaria", is such a rare condition that there are less than thirty patients in the whole world that have been diagnosed with it.
Fourteen year old Heidi Falconer is unique because she's the only person on record to have been born with this allergy. When water touches her skin or mucous membranes (like the inside of her mouth) she breaks out in a rash and often blisters, if she has a severe response it can lead to anaphylaxis — where her airways swell and close.
It's like any other allergy - an over-reaction of the immune system — where production of histamine causes the symptoms.
Doctors are still unsure as to why this happens with something as essential as water — one theory suggests that unusual proteins in Heidi's system react to the water. And because we're all made up of 80% water, Heidi is actually allergic to herself — her saliva, sweat blood and tears all blotch her skin.
There is no cure for aquagenous urticaria. The only relief for Heidi is a special barrier foam developed in Sweden that stops water from touching her skin. Heidi has applied it religiously every four hours for the past couple of years and it gives her the freedom to do basic things — like having a shower.
Not to "pure" water, but it is possible to be allergic to something they add to tap water to purify it, or if there is something in the pipes that is mixed in with the water. The amount would be so miniscule, there would be no effect on the majority of people. Only the very sensitive would get a reaction.
For this reason, water filters are selling well in many areas.
Tap water differs not only from country to country, but also area to area. When I visit my friends in England, I notice my regular shampoo stops working for me. I buy a new product there. It's because the water is so different.
One of my friends developed a mysterious rash on her face when she was visiting another county. She washes her face in tap water; she began to use bottled mineral water for a few days, and the rash cleared up! (This was going to be expensive, so she finally changed to cold cream, but the point is she believed she was allergic to tap water.)
You can even be allergic to rain drops! It depends on what is in the atmosphere when they form. A few decades ago, when there was that huge problem with acid rain, a lot of people noticed their eyes stung when rain got into them. And you only had to look at the trees to see the severity of the accumulated effect.
So I think the best thing to do is to get a water filter for your tap, and to drink mineral water. Then you can see for yourself if there is an allergy or not.
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