The Dallas native told Buzzfeed News she thought it was an allergic reaction to her aunt’s cat, not realizing it was swimmer’s itch until her friends sent her a TikTok of another woman suffering from the same rash. However, despite rinsing off in clean water, the 19-year-old woke up the next morning with her legs covered in a red rash, which later spread to the rest of her body. doublerighttwix/TiktokĬaussey had been visiting her aunt in Texas when she went paddle boarding with some friends in Town Lake, responding to a comment on her TikTok saying she was “barely” in the water and showered after. tashamarieball/Tiktok People with swimmer’s itch experience red bumps on their skin. doublerighttwix/Tiktok Tasha Maria Ball had the same reaction after swimming in an Austin, Texas, lake. In the video, Caussey shows her legs covered in tiny red bumps and some larger ones on her arms, adding she’s “lowkey scared to swim in lakes now.” The red rash started on Reagan Caussey’s legs and then appeared on her arms. “It’s so uncomfortable,” she captioned a TikTok video that has been viewed 6.5 million times. Reagan Caussey went viral on TikTok after posting about her experience with the side effects, admitting she didn’t know about the condition before she got it. You swim, you have a good time, you feel refreshed you … break out in an unsightly and painful rash?Įnter swimmer’s itch, an allergic reaction that many people are unaware of, caused by a microscopic parasite that passes through feces and lives in some lakes, ponds and oceans. Picture this: It’s a blistering hot day and there’s a glistening body of water for you to cool down in. Is this Chinese herbal medicine the ultimate hangover cure? Mysterious pneumonia kills 3, infects 9 in Argentina: ‘Similar to COVID’ What is ‘derealization,’ the rare psychological disorder affecting Landon Barker? Top med school putting wokeism ahead of giving America good doctors
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