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- A 34-year-old man with a cold allergy nearly died after stepping out of a hit shower.
- The man needed immediate medical attention and was admitted to the ICU, where he received adrenaline and other drugs that improved his condition.
- Cold allergies are infrequent, and they could be just as life-threatening as more common allergies. The man was given an adrenaline auto-injector to have handy in case of future attacks.
The novel coronavirus is out of control in the northern hemisphere, with the winter season seemingly fueling the new surges. The virus survives better in lower temperatures, and the cold is also a good incentive for people to congregate indoors. And COVID-19 spreads very efficiently indoors, especially at home, where people are likely to ditch masks and ignore social distancing.
But COVID-19 is just one of the temperature-related issues that one man who was the subject of a recent study has to worry about. This person has an extremely rare condition that has already put his life in danger: Being allergic to cold temperatures.
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A man allergic to cold temperatures nearly died after a hot shower originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 23:20:11 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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