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I’m allergic to water — it’s a struggle, especially showering every day
New York Post ^ | Taylor Knight

Posted on 03/07/2024 12:40:30 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: packagingguy

Yes, I thought it was real interesting when I learned it last summer.

Our water here in North Idaho is very high quality. It’s a blend of lake water (lots of snow melt flowing in) and water from the excellent Rathdrum Prairie aquifer. That aquifer has enormous amount of water flowing through it and it largely flows through a huge pebble-bed filter left behind by all the glaciers in the area 12,000 years ago.


21 posted on 03/07/2024 1:10:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: AndyTheBear

50+% it’s higher the less fat you have.


22 posted on 03/07/2024 1:48:25 PM PST by EEGator
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Lots of people do not shower every day, especially in Europe...


23 posted on 03/07/2024 1:50:29 PM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: AndyTheBear

I wonder if it is something in the water. Does she have this with distilled water?


24 posted on 03/07/2024 2:17:51 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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"...it itches and burns, and there’s no cure,.."

Yeah, there is:


25 posted on 03/07/2024 2:55:17 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: nickcarraway

Does this only affect skin on the outside. What about tissue on the inside. It seems that an incompatibility with water would be an incompatibility with life.


26 posted on 03/07/2024 3:22:52 PM PST by Revel
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To: yldstrk

See my reply #4.


27 posted on 03/07/2024 3:24:52 PM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: AndyTheBear

I wondered that too, but it’s a skin condition so it isn’t affected by the blood and other liquids inside of her.


28 posted on 03/07/2024 3:31:51 PM PST by x
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To: nickcarraway

Dear Kimberlee Mills,

Come to Florida. On Alt 19 near Elfers there’s a spring called Wall’s spring.

If you immerse yourself in the water 7 times you will be cured.

I accept no payment.

5.56mm


29 posted on 03/07/2024 3:33:14 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: AndyTheBear

People with some autoimmune diseases are sometimes allergic to themselves.


30 posted on 03/07/2024 3:35:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I have a mild form of this, as does my daughter. It’s not a case of being allergic to water, but to sweat. A hot shower, exercise or sitting in the sun can cause a breakout of terrible hives, mostly on the back of the neck and upper arms. Scratching or even just touching them makes it much worse. Benadryl or other allergy meds can help, but then you feel like a zombie for hours!


31 posted on 03/07/2024 5:06:31 PM PST by twyn1 (“An evil man will burn his own country to the ground to rule over the ashes”)
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Lots of people do not shower every day, especially in Europe...

Or apparently ever in the case of folk from India

32 posted on 03/07/2024 5:59:24 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: DesertRhino

“Is there ANY drama women cannot dream up?”

LOL, “First World Maladies” was also my first thought.


33 posted on 03/07/2024 7:50:17 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: twyn1

Maybe Singulair (or its generic) would be beneficial?


34 posted on 03/07/2024 10:48:08 PM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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