You're Weird

@AmbiePam (85298)
United States
November 21, 2018 1:39pm CST
Well, YOU may not be, but I think there is something weird or unusual about everyone. I break out into hives when I take a shower. I have changed soaps, I have put a filter on the shower head, and have seen a doctor to determine that it's not my medication. I STILL break out head to toe after a shower. The itching doesn't go away until I take a Benadryl. This started about seven years ago, and I see no signs of it stopping. What about you?
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40411)
• United States
21 Nov 18
That really is strange. Does it happen if you take a bath in the tub? There's definitely something you're reacting to.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Yes, a bath does the same thing. Everywhere that water touches breaks out.
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much2say
@much2say (53909)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Nov 18
Ok, I admit I'm weird . Oh - how about baths? If it's not the soaps or the water - maybe it's the way the showering water hits/rubs your skin?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Baths do it too. I read a story about a girl who became allergic to water. She can drink it, but if it touches her skin she breaks out. She was seven when it started. So now, she takes two, five minute showers a week in cold water. She follows that with Benadryl.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
23 Nov 18
@much2say Yeah. She tried swimming in a pool and swimming in a fresh water lake...both broke her out.
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much2say
@much2say (53909)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Nov 18
@AmbiePam Oh my gosh - I guess that would mean swimming is out too!
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DianneN
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
22 Nov 18
I've read that hives can come from hot water. The heat can release histamines. Perhaps that's why the Benadryl helps.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
That sounds like a reasonable explanation.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
23 Nov 18
@AmbiePam Perhaps you can try to lessen the hot water each time you shower and see if it makes any difference. My new DIL gets purple patches all over her body if the water is too hot. They do go away by themselves in about 10 minutes.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Nov 18
People look at me strange because I'm allergic to chicken.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
29 Nov 18
Wow.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 18
Surely there must be something in the water that affects you. I have a friend who is allergic to the cold. I wonder if it is possible to be allergic to water. But I guess you can drink it without problems.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
I read a story about a girl who became allergic to water. It just suddenly happened. She can drink it, but if it touches her skin she breaks out in a rash. So she takes two, five minute showers a week in cold water, and takes Benadryl right after.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Nov 18
@AmbiePam We get some strange ailments from time to time don't we?
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
23 Nov 18
I do not know if I understood correctly-are you allergic to water?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
24 Nov 18
If I had to guess I would say yes, but I have not been diagnosed with an allergy to water. I have so many health problems that my doctors don't even bother seeing what I'm allergic to.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
24 Nov 18
@AmbiePam It's very bad, that the doctor does not devote enough attention to your problem.
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popciclecold
@popciclecold (35043)
• United States
23 Nov 18
Wow, that is weird, the only thing that happens to me is excessive heat gives me a heafache
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snowy
@snowy22315 (169636)
• United States
21 Nov 18
No doubt I am weird, but I don't have any allergies that I know of, could it be the water?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
It could, but I have showered with water from the same source for twenty years, but the breakouts are "fairly" recent. I kind of wondered if something in the pipes could be doing it. Like, old, rusty pipes?
maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
22 Nov 18
That is super strange. I would absolutely hate showering. Does taking a bath do the same thing?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Unfortunately, yes.
Bojel
@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
24 Nov 18
That is something, Amber. It does not happen to me.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (48266)
• Canada
21 Nov 18
Could it be fibres in your towels that is irritating your skin?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
I don't think so, but it wouldn't hurt for me to research that possibility more.
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
7 Dec 18
That doesnt make you weird, but that itself is weird. Wonder why its happening
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Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Nov 18
Does that happen if you are to take showers in other areas? I know I get really bad irritations when I take a shower or drink the water in Mesa here, but I am okay where I am at. It wasn't fun when I had red blotches all over and I was going to a concert that night.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
22 Nov 18
I really cannot remember the last time I took a shower other than in my own apartment.
Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
26 Nov 18
I agree I think everyone has something … I hope you find some relief for your skin. I have a thing about germs and anxiety
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