A nine‑year‑old schoolgirl has been left dreading Britain’s cycle of heatwaves and rain showers — because she’s allergic to the weather.
Bethany Bell was born with a rare chromosome disorder, which means her body is unable to moderate her core temperature.
It means that Bell turns limp and suffers seizures when exposed to temperatures above 24 degrees.
She also goes blue in the cold.
Bell also suffers sensory‑processing disorder, which means windy or rainy weather can be agony for her.
Bell’s parents Charlotte, 35, and Stewart, 36, both teaching assistants for special needs children, constantly monitor her whenever she leaves her home in Nottingham, England.
Before Bell was born, her parents were told she had hydrocephalus — a build-up of fluid on the brain — and would have a 50 per cent chance of being disabled.
Two years and four operations to remove the fluid later, doctors at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham found that she had the rare condition — which was only discovered in 1976 and is only believed to affect around 100 people in the world — means that she has some genetic material missing and is allergic to the weather.
Source: News.com.au
