Comments on: The Girl Who Was Allergic to Water

By: cousin

cousin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:14:01 +0000

@Chris Rains There is people suffering out there with this condition you ass.

By: aar

aar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:11:08 +0000

ok, so everytime i take a shower, swim, or sweat i do get these itchy bumps/rashes on my skin. but, its only on my chest, arms, neck, face, and my stomach. it lasts for a couple hours then goes away. its not severe, ive learned to live with it as it started happening around when i started puberty i think. i told my parents and we tried switching soaps and things like that. also, we got water softner for the shower water but all of this didnt help. does this mean i may have a minor condition of this?

By: Kim Berg

Kim Berg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:07:20 +0000

I seem to have a bit of this, too. I developed hives right after delivering my first child. Initially it seemed a hormonal thing. It went away completely during my second pregnancy, which makes the hormonal explanation sound right. Since then, though, I have pretty much gotten over my daily hives and now have flare ups (mostly on my hands and feet) when I go swimming in salt water or have long exposure in the sun. I’m hoping that after a few more years my body might change a little more and rid me of this miserable affliction. The only thing I find somewhat helpful is the Benadryl spray and lotion. I can’t take the oral Benadryl as it makes me to drowsy. When I had my most severe cases of hives (head to toe), my doctor did prescribe me some Atarax. It stopped the itching. The down side of this treatment was that the hives “flattened” out on my skin and got redder, so visually I looked like a burn victim. But, the itching was relieved, and that is all I cared about.

By: Chris Rains

Chris Rains — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:57:34 +0000

I don’t know what this is, but it’s not an allergy. It’s not just a cliche, we really ARE about 60-70% water. If you were allergic to it, you would die, as your immune system reacted to the very chemical you need to survive. Furthermore, since allergies are genetically passed on, a water allergy would be naturally selected out completely, since any carrier of the gene would die upon its development. Whatever causes these rashes, it isn’t a true allergy.

I also can’t help but notice that there is a definite reaction of hypochondriasis to this article.

By: worried mother

worried mother — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:24:47 +0000

My daughter just recently started getting rashes everytime she gets in the tub. she is only 4. so for the past month n 1/2 evereytime she just plays in the tub or takes a shower w/in mins she brakes out in red welts all over her body. they disappear about an hour or so after she gets out of the tub. right after she turned 4 she satrted getting these bite looking things all over her body those stopped when the rashes started. so what r her chances of having this?

By: Reema

Reema — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:47:40 +0000

i suffer from this urticaria too.. in the begining drinking water or even coke caused redness and and hives in my lips and tongues and i had troubles in breathing and swallowing , couldn’t get a short shower without getting the hives . it seemed like any liquid has almost the same impact as water , i took steroid for a month and now after 3 monthes it seems like im allergic to cold liquids only and sweat.
and any contact with water ( causes redness in the part of my body which touched water and my ((ears)) )
is it possible that water urticaria transformed into cold urticaria?

By: Eveline

Eveline — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:49:35 +0000

I had this condition for years, from 14 till 20. No one knew why or how to deal with it. People were raising eyebrows and picking on me constantly, with that stupid remark that our bodies are made of 60 % water – it really didn’t help It was never the chemicals in the water, because during those years I was exposed to water in Germany, Russia, Israel, Romania and UK. In addition to lakes and sea. The results were always the same – itching and red spots and a rash. Today I’m 27 – the condition is over, it went away by itself, the same way it showed up. I still avoid drinking water though – it makes me feel bad.

By: mj

mj — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:47:17 +0000

i wonder if this person is having an allergic reaction to what the water has been treated with

from a chinese medicine perspective i bet she’s got some liver qi stagnation going on!

maybe take look at this person’s liver enzymes and CRP for inflammation, it would be interesting to get baseline levels

By: FAK

FAK — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:47 +0000

My daughter also suffers from extremely itchy feet. if she has a shower for prolonged periods of time, her body is so itchy she can hardly stand it. if her feet sweat, the her feet itch and she scratches some times until she bleeds. Her feet are an embarrassment to her now as they are covered in scars. She has limited her showering to 4-5 minutes but still suffers the itch. She has tried many different kinds of creams to stop the itching but they only work for a few seconds.

now she can wash her hair and leave her hair wet and not suffer from an itchy scalp. Is this still possible?

By: JLB

JLB — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:19:38 +0000

I’m not sure about what’s going on with me. A lot of the explainations that i’ve read on the internet are helpful but not exactly what im going through. Everytime I’m fully immersed in water, i get a rash that itches BADLY. The rash develops small bumps and it hurts to scratch it but i cant help it. It has happened at the beach and water parks in Virgina and in a pond and pool in tennessee. Another difference that i have is that it doesn’t go away for a few DAYS. It’s very distressing. I’m actually broken out right now after going to a water park yesterday. I’m on the computer to keep my hands busy so i dont scratch. The rash is mainly on my chest area, my thighs and calves, my forearms and back.
This has only started in the last couple months. I’m fine when i take a shower (ten minutes and quick dry) and minorly get wet but full immersion (swimming, oceans, baths) sets my skin into a rash. It’s unsightly and slightly painfull and REALLLLLY itchy. I just want to know what the best plan for me is.
thank you,
Jessica