A young Fresno, California woman is opening up about her 'invisible illness' in hopes of helping others with chronic conditions.
A young Fresno woman is opening up about her "invisible illness" in hopes of helping others with chronic conditions.A young Fresno, California woman is opening up about her "invisible illness" in hopes of helping others with chronic conditions.She developed the "water allergy" when she was around 8 years old, and it has worsened over the years.
"I feel a little guilty as a mom for not having seen when she would get out of the shower that she had hives and figuring it out way earlier that it was a water issue," said Dr. Karen Hansen-Smith, Tessa's mom. Yet, Tessa's positive perspective is unshakable, which she credits to the support of family and friends.
"In the summertime, when people are going to the beach, people are having pool parties, and trying to escape the heat the best they can, and those are things I can't participate in and can't enjoy, so it can be really isolating," Tessa said.Tessa spent 12 days at Community Regional Medical Center after becoming so dehydrated that she developed ischemic colitis, in which blood flow is blocked to the colon, resulting in serious illness.
"I hope that I can go back to school again, I hope that I can get a job again, I hope that I can find a sense of normalcy in life again," Tessa said.It's estimated only 100 to 250 people have Aquagenic Urticaria worldwide.
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