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Hey...I brought up an interesting subject in my science class the other day. I saw an article in the paper about a little girl that was allergic to water. She couldn't bathe, cry, or do anything that involved contact with the substance. Is that possible? I've heard it is, but this one OBNOXIOUS boy in my class picks on me constantly about it, and i want to know if it is possible. Please send me a response so i can prove it to all of them that i'm not some silly high school freshman. thanks!
In Reply to: Allergies to water posted by Laura on March 28, 2000 at 22:37:33:
If someone were allergic to water, it seems to me they could not survive more than 3 days. Water is in everything, including all the foods we eat and beverages we drink.
I would like to see this article!! How did they explain the girl's survival?
In Reply to: Allergies to water posted by Laura on March 28, 2000 at 22:37:33:
Laura,
An allergy is a reaction to a protein, so I doubt anyone could be truly allergic to water unless it's to some contaminant in the water. People can have reactions to their own body fluids as an autoimmune response, but that still involves proteins as far as I'm aware (I'm not an immunologist!)
The only other explanation I can think of is that this person has hydrophobia, or a fear of water. Phobias can cause all sorts of psychosomatic symptoms (physical symptoms caused by the mind or emotions). When you said she "couldn't" bathe, etc., what exactly happened when she did?
Karen
In Reply to: Allergies to water posted by Laura on March 28, 2000 at 22:37:33:
I don't think she could be allergic to water, but perhaps to the chlorine in it from the tap. There are many people who have chemical sensitivities that can't tolerate chlorinated water.
In Reply to: Re: Allergies to water posted by Karen on March 29, 2000 at 16:08:16:
Hi, Karen.
This is not an allergy but a hypersensitivity.
Walt
In Reply to: Allergies to water posted by Laura on March 28, 2000 at 22:37:33:
Hi, Laura.
Good question!
This problem is becoming increasingly more common every year as there are more and more chemicals in our water now.
At last count, the number in our water now is based on how far we look.
Just consider, for example, how many medications there are that go right through our systems and are excreted. There are no natural ways for them to be cleansed from our water (since they never existed in nature until the past 50 years) and so, they come right back to us in our shower water.
The only thing our water purification system is designed to remove is germs that might cause an epidemic of infections or parasitic infestations. There are now more than 50,000 chemicals in our water that just keep increasing in concentration. Eventually, ALL of us will be hypersensitive to something in our shower water.
Karen is right. It would be impossible to be allergic to water. However, just because it looks like water is no reason to think it IS water.
Contact CIIN (Chemical Injury Information Network) at Box #301, White Sulphur Springs, Montana 59645. This is a lay organization designed to educate the public about stuff just like this. They even have a free newsletter.
Let everyone know what you learn.
Let US know what you learn as well.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Allergies to water posted by Walt Stoll on March 31, 2000 at 17:38:16:
An additive in the water, or the water itself?
In Reply to: Walt, a hypersensitivity to WHAT?! posted by KMD on March 31, 2000 at 19:42:38:
thanks
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