"I'm allergic to water - showers are excruciating and I can't go out in the rain" - video Dailymotion

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A mum who is allergic to water says taking a shower or getting caught in the rain feels like someone has 'taken a lighter to her body'.   Kendall Bryce, 25, from Durham, UK has aquagenic urticaria - a rare condition which causes her skin to swell and break out in hives whenever she comes into contact with water.   The mum-of-one, who is currently pregnant with her second child, says her life is "a daily struggle" - as she suffers from "excruciating" pain whenever she tries to wash her hands or her body.   She is also affected by rain water and very humid days, meaning her life is "dictated" by the weather, and even feels a "burning" sensation when she drinks water.   Doctors have so far been unable to find any medication which works for Kendall - and so she has been forced to continue living her life in "excruciating" pain.

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00:00So when it rains my body has a reaction to the water, I get hives, I can't bath my son

00:07which gets us upset, I can't drink water because it hurts my throat.

00:14So I'm pregnant at the minute and it's really hard to find the right medication with me

00:20being pregnant because there's only so much medication I can have.

00:23When I'm not pregnant I still can't find the right medication.

00:27So it's a really rare condition, there's only 32 people in the world with it and I've never

00:31ever met anyone else with this condition that I have got.

00:35So hopefully this raises awareness for people who might have this condition who don't know

00:40the habit and hopefully someone reaches out who might know a bit more about this that

00:46could maybe help.

"I'm allergic to water - showers are excruciating and I can't go out in the rain"

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