Can You Be Allergic To Sunlight?
For you, going outside might mean a sunburn if you're out there too long without enough sunscreen, but for some people, any sun exposure can lead to hives and rashes within minutes! Hosted...
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We all know that the sun can be dangerous. The UV radiation that beams down on you at the beach can damage your DNA, giving you painful burns and eventually, possibly cancer. That should be reason enough to wear sunscreen. But for some people, sunlight means hives or itchy rashes. That’s right, you can be allergic to the sun. If you have a condition called solar urticaria, big, itchy welts develop within minutes of sun exposure. These hives die down within a day, but as you can imagine, this disease seriously puts a damper on going outdoors. Scientists don’t fully understand why this happens, but they think it’s pretty similar to how your immune system might overreact to peanuts if you have a food allergy, or to pollen if you have seasonal allergies....
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We all know that the sun can be dangerous. The UV radiation that beams down on you at the beach can damage your DNA, giving you painful burns and eventually, possibly cancer. That should be reason enough to wear sunscreen. But for some people, sunlight means hives or itchy rashes. That’s right, you can be allergic to the sun. If you have a condition called solar urticaria, big, itchy welts develop within minutes of sun exposure. These hives die down within a day, but as you can imagine, this disease seriously puts a damper on going outdoors. Scientists don’t fully understand why this happens, but they think it’s pretty similar to how your immune system might overreact to peanuts if you have a food allergy, or to pollen if you have seasonal allergies....
