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SOME STRANGE REACTIONS

(Allergies, Urticaria, etc)

1. Gestational Pemphigoid or Pemphigoid Gestationis (PG)is a dermatosis of pregnancy, being an autoimmune

blistering skin disease that occurs during

pregnancy, typically in the second or third trimester, and/or immediately following pregnancy. It

was originally called herpes gestationis because of the blistering appearance, although it is not

associated with the herpes virus.

Joanne Mackie, 28, developed agonizing blisters and an excruciating rash shortly after giving

birth to son James. The painful welts across her back, legs, arms and chest caused her so much

pain that she could not hold the newborn, and was forced to cover her arms in muslin cloth. After

a few months the rash was gone but the mother-of-one's skin had been left scarred with dark

patches where the blisters once were

2. Aquagenic urticaria, also known as water urticaria and aquagenous urticaria, is a rarelydiagnosed form ofphysical urticaria. It is sometimes described as anallergy, although it is not a

truehistamine-releasing allergic reaction like other forms of urticaria. The defining symptom is a

painful skin reaction resulting from contact withwater. This may also be the effect of different

temperatures of water, such as cold or hot and can flare with chemicals such as chlorine.

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. 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 itfor a minute at a time. These brief showers are the only contact Ashleigh has with water

3. Allergic to sex- Medical researchers have found that some women are allergic to their malepartner's seminal fluid, the thick liquid that carries sperm. Doctors know the disorder as human

seminal plasma hypersensitivity. In rare cases, the allergic response can cause death. But there

is good news. The malady is usually treated by allergists, although it takes some effort by

concerned, caring male partners. To desensitize a woman's immune system against semen,

doctors can either apply diluted samples of semen to a woman's vagina every 20 minutes,

gradually increasing the concentration over the course of several hours, or the women can

receive allergy shots containing small amounts of semen over the course of several weeks. Bothtechniques require sex two or three times a week to train their immune system.

4. Allergic to woods- Wood allergies can definitely be troublesome. While people are allergic tocertain types of wood or sawdust, there are cases when people are allergic to any type of wood

in many types of forms, whether it is dust or solid. Along with wood allergies comes the fact that

you can't touch paper, use a pencil, or be a lumberjack! The allergy can be so strong that it can

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cause the skin to look as if it was burned. In most cases wood allergies cause skin irritation,

coughing, sneezing, and hives.

Dan Hill, a 32 year-old banker, quit his 80,000 a year job to live his dream of being a carpenter,

only to discover he had developed an allergy to wood. Luckily for him, he found a wood he was

not allergic to

Welsh oak

and moved from the workshop in Devon to Swansea to start a

furniture business with his brother.

5. Allergic to exercise- Don't go laughing if a friend tells you he or she is allergic to exercise. Hemay be one of the 1,000 people who actually have this allergy. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis

(EIA) is a severe allergic reaction caused by exercise, and may be related to eating certain foods

before exercising. This life-threatening allergic reaction is usually seen when the victim is allergic

to certain foods or medications and works out after partaking of the offending item. Shellfish,

wheat, hazelnuts, grapes, and drugs such as ibuprofen, antibiotics, cold medications and herbal

supplements can be the culprits. Attack symptoms are fatigue, warmth, itching, redness of the

skin, then large hives, collapse and unconsciousness. They may have swelling of the throat,

difficulty breathing, choking, nausea and vomiting.

6. Solar urticaria- (SU) is a rare condition in which exposure to ultraviolet orUV radiation, orsometimes evenvisible light, induces a case ofurticariaor hives that can appear in both covered

and uncovered areas of the skin. It is classified as a type ofphysical urticaria. The classification

of disease types is somewhat controversial. One classification system distinguished various

types of SU based on thewavelengthof the radiation that causes the breakout; another

classification system is based on the type ofallergenthat initiates a breakout

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