A Content Creator Suffers from 37 Allergies, How Does She Live?
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Jakarta – A content creator from Seoul suffers from 37 significant allergies. She shared her experience in TikTok and Instagram videos that she has "37 new ways to die".
"Nuts and seafood are among the allergy-triggering items. Ijust say 37 allergies because it's my favorite number but the reality is that it's a lot higher," Fan said in a video.
The lifestyle vlogger retested her allergies with a patch test at a doctor’s office last month, discovering several new allergens.
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"Some fruits I didn't think I was allergic to showed reactions on the backtest like grapefruit. More severe allergies caused a bigger dot reaction than the smaller onee – but they were still there," Fan explained.
Fan’s video of her allergy test quickly amassed 4.6 million views on TikTok and 1.2 million likes on Instagram.
“I joked that I had new ways to die on my backtest video to make light of my condition,” she said, revealing that she’s not actually stressed about her allergies.
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Living most of her life with these allergies, Fan can typically tell when she’s having a bad reaction.
"I can feel my flare-ups coming on before I start to turn red. They usually start within 10 minutes of eating something I'm allergic to, and I'll start scratching or find myself getting very hot," Fan stated.
he worst part for Fan isn’t avoiding foods, it’s the eczema that accompanies her allergies.
“The hardest part about it all is how it affects my eczema rather than my diet – people see me and they are like, ‘What’s happened to your face? Why are you so red?'” Fan said.
“It’s flared up pretty badly this year, and it’s really affected my confidence,” she added.
She shared that strangest online have left some hurtful messages.
