Allergy

Awoman suffered malnutrition after a extremely rare syndrome left her allergic to "almost everything" - including all but four foods.
Amy Francis-Smith, 32, began experiencing severe, unexpected allergic reactions to food and every day things in 2015.
At one stage, she was so reactive she could only eat four foods - courgettes, rice, pears and beef - and her restricted diet left her "malnourished" with her "ribs sticking out."
She described eating as a "gamble" - trying to figure out what she could and couldn't eat.
Amy says she became allergic to carbonated water, public transport, air freshners and even the heat and cold.
In 2017 she was diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome - which causes a person to have repeated severe allergy symptoms.Woman with rare syndrome left allergic to ‘everything’ except just four foods (msn.com), "Story by Jake Meeus-Jones • 2d • 3 min read"
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Category:Biology