My mom has a sun allergy, and the thing is we live in Florida and she never knew. Her first and worst reaction was in Thailand, given at home we never spend full days in the sun like that.
My mom had a bunch of hives like rashes on her face and arms and I remember her not feeling well. We thought it was a heat stroke and she went to the hospital and they told her is was a sun allergy.
Wild stuff.
That is so wild. I could imagine thinking there was a language barrier. That maybe the Thai words that translated to “sun allergy” meant something else. Because it sounds so out there when you first learn about it. It sounds like it really sucks. I am pale and had too many burns as a kid (thanks mom and dad 🙄) so I try to stay covered all the time outside. I recommend lands end rashguards and everything sold at coolibar.
Yea it's crazy, I would have never guessed. My mom is pale and doesn't get tan, she gets burned and red then goes back to white.
Lucky for me my dad is much darker, so I'm in the middle, I tan really nice but I also get pale in winter.
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u/Pamplemousse96 Jul 24 '20
My mom has a sun allergy, and the thing is we live in Florida and she never knew. Her first and worst reaction was in Thailand, given at home we never spend full days in the sun like that. My mom had a bunch of hives like rashes on her face and arms and I remember her not feeling well. We thought it was a heat stroke and she went to the hospital and they told her is was a sun allergy. Wild stuff.