Brit woman allergic to money and more

23 August,2010 01:21 PM IST |   |  IANS

A British woman is allergic to almost everything. She even gets a reaction from touching money and rainfall on her head.


A British woman is allergic to almost everything. She even gets a reaction from touching money and rainfall on her head.

Yvonne Simon suffers from allergy from almost every food and touching money make her glands swell and bring out a rash, The Sun reported on Monday.

She is also allergic to minerals found in bottled sparkling spring water.

So, what does she eat? She survives on a diet of filtered water, lentils, brown rice, carrots and apples.

Simon always carries an umbrella in case it rains and she wears gloves when handling money or newspapers and books.

Doctors said that they have never seen such a wide range of allergies in a single person.

Yvonne started getting allergic reactions when she was eight.

"I hate being this way and would love to live a normal life. I wish there was an expert who could help me," Yvonne, of Purfleet, Essex, was quoted as saying.
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Yvonne's allergies include
Perfume, fizzy drinks, chocolate, onions, car fumes, nuts, bleach, fish, tea, coffee, oranges, tomatoes, talc,
Newsprint dye, coins, banknotes, pasta, sunflower oil, dairy products, wheat, bread products, porridge, sweets, nickel, gold, silver


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