Giving Birth Made Me Allergic To Water | TRULY

A YOUNG mother has developed an incredibly rare water allergy after giving birth to her daughter. Cherelle Farrugia, 26, from Cardiff, Wales, breaks out into painful itchy hives whenever she comes into contact with water. The areas on her body worst affected are her chest, back and upper arms. Cherelle wasn’t born with the allergy but bizarrely discovered her skin would become red and painful after bathing – something that did not happen before she gave birth to her daughter, Willow. The unusual condition called aquagenic urticaria makes simple day-to-day actions like washing herself and bathing her 18 month-year-old daughter incredibly difficult.

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Video Credits:
Videographer / director: Alex Price
Producer: Gareth Shoulder, Ruby Coote
Editor: Beth Angus

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[rjoseph]

Imagine how it’s like brushing teeth, bathing, eating, doing anything💔

[pursenjamir]

I can't even imagine the pain she goes through every single day.. .this really got me.. .😩💔💯

[gladysperez]

Your daughter is so cute and you take great care of her even with you struggling.You’re a great mother.

[bonniebunz]

Seeing her sit out there watching her daughter swim broke my heart because you know she’d do anything to be in there with her.

[fruitcake]

There are only 70 cases of this and apparently everyone has it in the comments

[ambitioussoprano]

I love water, so much, I feel bad for her. It's a shame she's going thru this.

[shimrsparklshine]

I was diagnosed with this at 15. My dermatologist said there's no known cause for this but I swear it's hormonal. My aquagenic uticaria stopped once I became pregnant with my son and hasn't come back since.

[jbrown]

And I thought my allergies were bad...

[LateNightHalo]

I have a question, how does humidity factor into her allergy? Is it dangerous to go out when it’s foggy or humid?

[samurailevi]

Living in the UK with that disability must really suck.

[tlianep]

That’s cute she got an umbrella tattoo ☔️

[Elizabeth-cwdz]

Plot twist: she's a mermaid who can't touch water or she'll turn.

[alorianarules]

Omg! I could not imagine living like that! I feel soooo sorryyyy for her..

[kaelyn]

She just seems so comfortable during this show, even though the seriousness of this case. Safe wishes.

[scarlettmauner]

so many things can go wrong with your body after having kids lmao i’m adopting

[yukiefromoz]

That's got to be the worst allergy. And I thought my eczema was bad.

[ShayMarieDiary]

Can you imagine being allergic to something that literally take up MOST of the earth? Not to mention... WEATHER 🌧 ☔️

[humanthatexist]

When my mom had me she lost all her leg hair so she never had to shave again 😂 not sure if I was the cause, but still.

[TheAngelanna]

This is heart breaking. I think EVERYONE should be grateful for what they have because some people have it worse

[Lifes_a_beauty]

So sad her baby wanted her to go in the water mom 😢