BloumagrieT
16-11-2008, 02:23 AM
Peace upon you brothers and sisters
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.
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She 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.
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The rash Ashleigh gets after coming into contact with water is MORE painful than it looks
"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."
Praise be to Allah for just being healthy
and
enjoying it everyday
Subhan Allah
What do you think?!
Don't tell me you're feeling itchy and starting to scratch your skins!!
Well , I was just googling around when I found this weird news and
I posted it for everyone to read here
Hope everyone enjoys a good health
^_^
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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.
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She 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.
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The rash Ashleigh gets after coming into contact with water is MORE painful than it looks
"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."
Praise be to Allah for just being healthy
and
enjoying it everyday
Subhan Allah
What do you think?!
Don't tell me you're feeling itchy and starting to scratch your skins!!
Well , I was just googling around when I found this weird news and
I posted it for everyone to read here
Hope everyone enjoys a good health
^_^
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