Many people with chronic hives learn to avoid the common triggers that make their condition worse. But what would you do if you were allergic to water? That’s a question that Tessa Hansen-Smith, 25, ...

A South Carolina woman has been left unable to shower due to a debilitating water allergy, which causes her to experience excruciating itchiness upon contact with H2O. “It’s been difficult to navigate ...

A woman in California has said she is battling with a condition that makes her allergic to water. Tessa Hansen-Smith, 25, told ABC News she developed Aquagenic Urticaria when she was just eight years ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- A young Fresno, California woman is opening up about her "invisible illness" in hopes of helping others with chronic conditions. Tessa Hansen-Smith has the rare condition of ...

Model and student Kendall Chrisman from Riverside, California, is living with one of the most inconvenient allergies there is. She noticed her symptoms at 13, when she became itchy and was in pain ...

There are only about 50 known cases of aquagenic urticarial in the world. — -- When Alexandra Allen was a little girl, she wanted to be a marine biologist and live on a sailboat. After being ...

A teenager has told of the agony of life with 40 different allergies, including to water, which, when it touches her body, makes her feel as though she wants to 'scrape [her] skin off with a knife'.

A gardener who suffers from a water allergy has been forced to abandon his career because rainfall causes him unbearable agony. James Richardson, 33, develops welts when he comes into contact with ...