A mother who is allergic to water says that taking a shower or caught in the rain feels like someone “gets a lighter in her body”.
Kendall Bryce, 25, has aquagenic urticaria, a rare condition that makes her skin swell and burst into hives whenever it comes into contact with water.
The mother of one, who is currently pregnant with her second child, says her life is “a daily war” after suffering from “teasing” pain whenever she tries to wash her hands or body.
She is also affected by rainwater and very wet days, which means her life is “dictated” by the weather, and even feels a “burnt” feeling when drinking water.
Doctors so far have not been able to find any drug that works for Kendall, and so she has been forced to continue to live her life in “exciting” pain.
She is now speaking in the hope that someone will be able to provide her with a long -term solution.
“It is actually a daily war. I can only take a bath or shower twice a week because of how much teasing the pain is, so I constantly worry about bad smell, ”Kendall from Durham, in the United Kingdom said.
“My life is dictated by the weather as I have to avoid rain – and even hot damp days. I check the forecast daily and stay at home if it rains or it will rain, but if I get caught by the surreprise, my body reacts and is really painful.
“I’ve never been able to give a bath to my one -year -old son. My mother has to do it for me. And I even feel my throat burning when drinking water.”
Kendall says the pain has escalated in recent years, to the point that it becomes as bad as her body can go to shock.
“When I started, I felt a little bit getting strokes of nettle all my body. But now it feels like someone has got a lighter in my body.
“I will be in agony for about half an hour after washing, but feels like they are two hours. I cry all. Actually actually as bad as my body can go to shock, so it’s dangerous. Will to say that my mother has to sit with my son whenever I bath. “
Kendall first discovered her condition when she was 15 and began to explode in the hive whenever she came a bath.
Initially, it can treat its symptoms with forks – but over the years, things discovered.
“GP had no data on what to do. It is just such a rare situation, so not many people have it and not many people know about it, ”the mother of staying at home said.
Kendall later referred to a dermatologist at the North Durham University Hospital, who finally diagnosed it with aquagenic urticaria in 2021. However, she still has to find any medicine that helps her condition.
“They have tried a lot of different medicines, but I kept reacting. I still haven’t found something that helps,” she said.
“At the moment, there are only so many things I can try while I am pregnant. Once we are born, we will try more. But the thing is, doctors just don’t know what will help.”
Kendall hopes that in sharing her story she can find someone who knows how to treat.
“I really hope an expert can contact and know what to do,” she said. “At the moment, everything is quite degrading.
“I just want a normal life where I can get in the rain, shower and give my son a bath.”
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