A teenager from Havant, Hampshire, has to manage more than 40 allergies—including an allergy to water—using a colour-coded spreadsheet.
Chloe Ramsay, 19, was diagnosed with pollen food syndrome in June 2023, which explains many of her allergies to fruits, perfumes, and even sweets.
Her most unusual condition, aquagenic urticaria, causes painful rashes when water touches her skin. The reaction was so severe that rain once left her "wanting to scrape [her] skin off with a knife."
While medication has reduced her symptoms, she still tracks her allergies, which change frequently, using a traffic-light system.
Chloe, who had life-threatening reactions as a child, now receives bi-monthly injections and may need lifelong treatment. "I'm so unlucky—I just have to laugh it off now," she said.
