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Can you imagine yourself to be allergic to the most desired thing of your life? Believe it or not it does happen to many people. You have seen people around you who are sneezing, coughing or rubbing their skin because of itching, but have you ever asked the reason of their allergy? If you ask only then you will know the strange facts about allergies.  Allergy is basically an exaggerated immune response to something that is most commonly not harmful and that is why there are a lot of strange and odd reasons of reactions. In this article I am introducing you to ten allergies that happen due to some odd reasons, they are as follows.

10. Allergic to Vibrations

People with sensitive skin are the most commonly become the victim of this allergy in which an episode of urticaria induce in the body parts by the vibrations of machinery like cars and lawnmowers. Just like other allergies, it is caused by the wrong perception of immune system to harmless object and immune system responds in defense to the object as it may cause any damage to the body. Welt, rashes, hives and other skin reactions immediately appear almost within five minutes and remain for hours or days as urticaria comes from histamine. The allergy can be treated by antihistamine or by calamine lotion.

9. Allergic to Sunlight

It is found that there are a number of allergies that happens due to sun but the allergy I am talking about is a special type of allergy which is known as solar urticaria. This allergy is uncommon unlike other forms of it that are caused by sun and only a few people are reported by far that suffered from solar urticaria.  The ultraviolet rays from sun induces hives or urticaria on the skin of the effected, and in some cases even the visible light was found to be the reason of allergy in both covered and uncovered areas of body.

 8. Allergic to Deodorants

It is really very irritating to sit beside a person who is stinking and sweating but many people are bound to stink as they are allergic to deodorants. It seems weird but it is true that people actually suffer from this kind of sensitivity which actually happens due to one or more ingredients that a deodorant contains. In this allergy, the suffering person experience pain, redness, burning, cracking of the skin, rash, painful pustules, and it’s horrible to know that in severe cases it can root puss-oozing cuts. It can be prevented by using the deodorants which do not contain that particular element which causes the reaction.

7. Allergic to Underwear

This is a really troublesome allergy because it originates from wearing the underwear but the allergy is even worse as the people bear pain, itching and blisters in the particular area. More often these people cannot even touch the affected area which makes it a night mare for them to put on an underwear. The allergy is common in both men and women and the good thing is that they can get rid of it by simply avoiding the specific fabric which is responsible for it, in most cases polyester, cotton, latex etc. The situation could turn severe; in that case the patient should consult a dermatologist.

6. Allergic to Kissing

It may sound humorous that a person is allergic to kissing and you must have already exclaimed “poor guy” in your head by now but it actually happens to some unlucky individuals. When the person experiences it, he suffers from hives, rashes, prickly eyes, blisters on eyelids, puffy lips, and respiration problems. It cannot cause a severe danger but passionate kisses can do that. Someone’s lips tongue or skin is not responsible for the reaction but it actually happens due to a particular food and medicinal reaction.

5. Allergic to Modern Living

Usage of electricity, mobile phone, cars and other automatic machines is all about modern living of the twenty first century but it is peculiar to know a person who is allergic to modern technology. Debbie Bird is one of those individuals who are reported to have this kind of allergy.   She is allergic to electromagnetic field and hence computers, mobile phones, microwave ovens and cars that create electromagnetic field cause painful skin rash, and swelling of eyelid as big as three times of it real size when exposes closely to electromagnetic field.   The reason behind this kind of allergy is unknown and the officials say that the electro-sensitivity is not known as medical condition.

4. Allergic to Apples Eaten Near a Birch Tree

This is another bizarre allergy that is caused by a food yet not food itself but by eating an apple near birch tree. Grace Morley is the person who was identified as the patient suffering from this weird sensitivity in which she is not allergic to apple or a birch tree but a condition to eat an apple near it. This fact about the reaction is very worrisome since the affected person will go into shock and could die within minutes in the response of this sensitivity and Grace Morley has suffered several shocks due to the unique suffering.

3. Allergic to Exercises

Exercise is necessary for good health but there are some cases in which many people are found allergic to exercise, yes, it is not a joke, that’s true. This particular type of distress is known as Exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIA) which is caused by exercise or by food that is taken before exercise. This is a life threatening allergy which happens only when the patient takes the offended food or medication that is not suitable for his health before exercise and works out immediately after it. The fatigue symptoms include heat, itching, redness of the skin, large hives, crumple and faintness.  Prevention is better than cure and works in this allergic reaction as well.

2. Allergic to Sex

This is one of the most bizarre allergies that exist in the world in which some women are found allergic to their male partner not because of them but because of their seminal fluid, the liquid that carries sperm.  The disorder is known as “human seminal plasma hypersensitivity” and in severe cases the disorder can even cause death. The allergists have found remedy for the problem which requires effort and care from male partner and a treatment is also given to affected women in which sample of semen is applied to women’s vagina every twenty minutes to desensitize women’s immune system from it.

1. Allergic to Water

The allergy that caused by water is known as aquagenic urticaria, the disorder is very rare and only one out of every 23 million people may suffer from it. The allergic is very bothersome as the patient bears itchy red lumps and sore for almost two hours and has to confine to his home only. The ions in the non distilled water are responsible for the reaction and the patient has to remain careful about water and uses distilled water only.  Ashleigh Morris who is a victim of this disorder cannot take shower or swim in water and it is also reported that even the sweating causes painful rashes in her body.