《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

由於患有水源性蕁麻疹，泰莎不能從事任何體育活動。（取自網路）

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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。

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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。

新聞辭典

extremely：副詞，非常地。例句：She is a extremely terrible mother because she used to abuse her son.（她是個非常糟糕的母親，因為她經常虐待她的兒子。）

diagnose：動詞，診斷。例句：My father was diagnosed with cancer.（我的父親被診斷罹患癌症。）

home town：名詞，家鄉。例句：For the purpose of making a fortune, I will leave my home town for Taipei.（為了賺大錢，我會離開我的家鄉去台北。）

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