The teenage girl who is allergic to WATER

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 washThe 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 says.
Most of us take showering for granted but for Ashleigh it's a painful endurance that often reduces her to tears.Read the whole story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-520329/The-teenage-girl-allergic-WATER.html Aquagenic allergy is not a typical allergy and most doctors argue that the extremely rare condition isn't an allergy at all.There is no cure,so patients cope with the debilitating condition by avoiding contact with water as much as possible - by showering for only a few minutes each week,staying cool in summer and carrying an umbrella at all times.