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. 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.
so she can’t drink water too?
hahaha, good question. I know you know the answer. :-P
a very rare case of allergy.. how unfortunate she is to have it so..awww thats sad… i feel sorry for her…
Yeah, a very rare skin disease. We’re fortunate we don’t have those