Woman Allergic To Water Reveals the Tragic Reality of Extremely Rare Condition

Written On Your Skin: Touch Allergy

Dermographism is yet another type of physical urticaria. The word means “skin writing,” and the condition is so named because if you have this type of allergy you can write your name on your skin with pressure from your fingernail. Pressure on the skin causes an itchy hive reaction.

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