My sister has cold induced urticaria so it's not hard for me to believe that this also exists. I do know my sister was rushed to the hospital twice because of it and needs to carry and epi-pen with her. Also, she wasn't officially diagnosed with it until she was a teen when she was having symptoms of it her whole life. The thing was it just really depended on the situation, how cold she got, where she was when she got cold, how long she was cold...stuff like that. I thought it was so bizarre that my sister is effectively allergic to the cold, but after doing research it's not all that uncommon. In fact Josh (In The Blair Witch Project) Has the same problem. It was also mentioned on House MD....although it was classified as "bizarre", but when you personally know three or four other people that have it, it doesn't seem like it's that out of the ordinary. Anyway, allergies like this can surface and then go dormant and then come back and bite you in the ass. I was allergic to penicillin but didn't find out til I was 8 years old, even though I had it numorous times before that for ear infections and strep throat. My doctor said that it may not even give me a reaction any more and I should be retested but until then I have to claim at all hospitals the allergy. Same thing with eggs, I went my whole life eating eggs and not having a problem with them til last year. Same thing with vicodin, I had vicodin a lot for cronic problems but just recently it started making me violently ill. Allergies are tricky, and aren't always prevalent, so if she did go her whole life not knowing it doesn't surprise me.
That being said, this show is only on in my house when there is absolutely nothing else to watch. LoL!
When in doubt, God prays to Hoffman.
(And yes I am FEMALE!)
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