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Initech

(100,023 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:44 PM Mar 2013

Apparently being allergic to exercise is a real thing

Woman Suffers Dangerous Exercise Allergy

An allergy to exercise might sound like a couch potato's dream, but for Kasia Beaver, a mom of four who lives in the UK, it's a nightmare.

Whenever her heart beats too fast and she sweats, it sparks a potentially fatal allergic reaction. Her eyes swell shut, she breaks out in hives and her throat closes up.

"It's terrifying, especially if I'm alone with the children," she said.

The 33-year-old is just one of a handful of people who suffer from a life-threatening allergic reaction to exercise known as exercise-induced angioedema – or EIA. The condition and a less severe form of exercise allergy called exercise-induced urticaria are so exceedingly rare, there are no estimates for the number of sufferers.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/woman-suffers-life-threatening-allergy-exercise/story?id=18774866#.UUyKNSPn_mR

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Apparently being allergic to exercise is a real thing (Original Post) Initech Mar 2013 OP

I knew it! LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #1

I have exercise induced asthma. But I think that has to do with taking in too much Maraya1969 Mar 2013 #2

Wow. surrealAmerican Mar 2013 #3

I always said that I was allergic to exercise Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #4

At first, I thought this was going to be a funny article - not so funny after all. I won't joke patricia92243 Mar 2013 #5

Never heard of this before. Poor woman...... Little Star Mar 2013 #6

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

1. I knew it!

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:47 PM

Mar 2013

Bring me my fan and lavender water before I swoon...

Maraya1969

(22,459 posts)

2. I have exercise induced asthma. But I think that has to do with taking in too much

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:06 PM

Mar 2013

air and not enough carbon dioxide.

surrealAmerican

(11,357 posts)

3. Wow.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:51 PM

Mar 2013

How did she ever manage to survive four pregnancies with this condition?

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

4. I always said that I was allergic to exercise

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 07:29 PM

Mar 2013

but I am sure glad that I really am not. That sounds like it could really be a downer.

patricia92243

(12,591 posts)

5. At first, I thought this was going to be a funny article - not so funny after all. I won't joke

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 09:06 PM

Mar 2013

about my being allergic to exercise after reading this. I'm just lazy - not allergic.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

6. Never heard of this before. Poor woman......

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 07:13 PM

Mar 2013

But I swear I'm allergic to my own tears. Just tears welling up make my eyes swell, become cloudy and itch.

I hate to tell you what I look like when I actually cry. Dr gives me water pills (which I never use unless my eyes are swollen). He's seen what happens to me and it ain't pretty, looks like I've been in a boxing ring.

When I was working, before the water pills, I'd have to call out sick because I could never have seen my computer screen. Besides I'd have looked so bad the rest of the office would have had to go home, lol.

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