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General Science / Re: Would an allergy to water be IgE mediated or osmotic pressure mediated?

« on: 20/08/2019 16:13:30 »

"Would an allergy to water be IgE mediated or osmotic pressure mediated?"
No, because it wouldn't exist.

Well, Aquagenic Urticaria exists, so a mechanism has to exist. It is often called an allergy to water which makes me wonder if it's IgE mediated (against water molecules) like with peanut allergen for instance.

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General Science / Re: Would an allergy to water be IgE mediated or osmotic pressure mediated?

« on: 19/08/2019 12:25:07 »

Are you that same person who repeatedly posted threads about this very same thing in the past?

Either way, no, it isn't an allergy. If it was, they would be in a constant state of allergic reaction because the human body is mostly water. Allergens still cause allergic reactions even when they are diluted, so the fact that the water in our body is impure isn't the answer.

Articles about water allergies pop up often so I wouldn't be surprised if more than one person has made a thread about this condition. Obviously these people are experiencing allergy like symptoms, do you mean it's not an antibody response?

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General Science / Would an allergy to water be IgE mediated or osmotic pressure mediated?

« on: 18/08/2019 21:45:41 »

For example, I recently read about a girl, who has an allergy to water. Even distilled water caused a reaction since she was allergic to water itself and not to chemical additives in water. if they take a sip of plain water, they go into anaphylactic shock. They are diagnosed with Aquagenic Urticaria otherwise known as an allergy to water. However they survive by drinking several glasses of milk, tea, and juice a day, which does not seem to affect them, and their blood plasma for instance is not causing a constant reaction inside them, it's only if they were to drink plain water or touch plain water a reaction would happen.



there are others with the condition who are left unable to drink water due to swelling of the tongue and throat, but the one above goes into the most detail. Would this be an IgE mediated reaction, like with peanut protein?