《中英對照讀新聞》Student allergic to her own tears suffers cuts on tongue when she drinks water 對自己的眼淚過敏的學生 只要喝水舌頭就會割傷
Tessa Hansen-Smith, 21, has Aquagenic urticaria, an extremely rare condition which is thought to affect fewer than 100 people worldwide and which prevents those who suffer with it from playing any exercising.
21歲的泰莎‧漢森史密斯患有水源性蕁麻疹，一種非常罕見、全世界不到100人罹患的疾病，患者必須避免進行任何體育活動，以免受該病困擾。
Within just minutes of coming into contact with water, Tessa breaks out in a rash, suffers migraines and develops a fever. Because of this, she can’t even walk around her university campus in case she sweats and so has to be transported via a shuttle.
只要與水接觸幾分鐘，泰莎就會起疹子，開始偏頭痛，甚至可能演變成發燒。因此，她甚至不能在她的大學校園裡行走，以避免流汗，她必須被接駁車載運。
Tessa was diagnosed with the condition at the age of 10 by her mother, who is a doctor. Her mum having been her primary care doctor ever since. ’I’m really lucky because my mum is a family medicine doctor,’ Tessa explained.
泰莎10歲時被擔任醫生的母親診斷出這個症狀。從那時起，她的媽媽就一直擔任她的初級醫療醫生。「我真的很幸運，因為我的母親是位家醫科醫生」，泰莎解釋。
However, despite the daily challenges she faces, Tessa is determined not to let her condition completely control her life and says she is determined to be independent – hence she left her home town for college.
然而，儘管她每天都得面臨挑戰，泰莎決定不讓她的疾病完全控制她的生活，還說她決心變得獨立，因此她離開家鄉去讀大學。
英倫翻譯社轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1338005
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