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A woman who is allergic to water demonstrates how she showers in severe agony
A young British woman suffers from a rare skin disease that causes a painful allergic reaction on contact with water.
In the Tiktok video, she demonstrates her shower routine - accompanied by three hours of pain, weakness and fever.
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Water Shower Routine (@ niahselway / TikTok)
For billions around the world, the availability and use of shower water is something that is taken for granted.
For Nia Selway every shower is a long, painful and excruciating process.
The 23-year-old from the UK is allergic to water, so any contact with water is well calculated for her.
The young woman suffers from a rare skin problem known as "Aquagenic Pruritus" which causes an allergic reaction when her skin comes in contact with water.
In a series of brave ticketing videos, she demonstrates the suffering she has to go through every time she takes a shower - suffering that lasts up to 3 hours after the shower and is accompanied by pain, weakness and fever.
In the first video she posted on her ticketing account (@niahselway) she explained the preparations for the shower.
"When there is a water allergy, taking a shower is really a difficult task. I start by measuring blood pressure and body temperature - and then choose my skin sensitive products," she says, "I take this dry brush and rub it on my skin to peel and get rid of dead skin "Only then do I jump into the shower. It usually takes between 5 and 10 minutes for the pain to start, but once that happens - it can last up to three hours after the initial contact with the water. When I get out of the shower I am very sore."
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Preparations for the shower:
@niahselway
Showering with an allergy to water?
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♬ original sound - Niah Selway
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In the second video, she documents what happens after the shower: "After I dried up and put moisturizer on my skin, I was in pain. I just squirm in my bed until the pain stops and I start to feel exhausted," she says.
If the condition worsens she is taking painkillers and other medications.
During this time, she makes sure to eat something to conserve energy (although she says the chips snack has a cardboard-like taste).
In the documented case her blood pressure did not change significantly, but her temperature rose to 41 degrees Celsius, which is definitely a high fever.
The suffering she has to go through after:
@niahselway
Showering with an allergy to water?
part 2 ## niahselway ## fyp ## aquagenicpruritus ## chronicillness
♬ original sound - Niah Selway
And this is how she takes a bath:
Nia recently launched a GoFundMe fundraising page for the costs of private medical care at the University of Munster in Germany, which has already amassed a handsome contribution of almost £ 16,000. However, Nia is still far from its target of £ 250,000.
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She wrote on the page: "So far my care has been fully provided by the NHS, that I will forever be grateful for it. help me".
For the skeptics she also attached a medical letter confirming her condition:
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Nia garnered millions of views on Tiktok and responded to strange questions and suggestions from people, like bathing in milk.
One viewer asked, "What kind of pain is this?"
Vania replied, "It's intense itching and burning. It's on the skin but also under it, so you can not soothe it with itching. It feels like it's in your blood."
When asked "Can she drink water?", She replied: "I am allergic to alcohol and eating certain fruits, but other than that there is no problem."
Another was stressed: "If your temperature reaches 40 degrees, you need to go to the hospital urgently."
She replied: "I just need to rest until I feel better. I have called NHS services in the past and they said that as long as I do not get an anaphylaxis attack, I can stay home."
When asked "What happens when it rains?"
She replied: "Even then I will have an allergy attack. Rain, sweat, tears, urine and many other things cause me a similar reaction."
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