Mother Allergic To Her Own Baby
07/31/09 - Odd Articles
“A new mother has been left distraught after discovering she is allergic to her own baby. Joanne Mackie, 28, developed agonising blisters and an excruciating rash shortly after giving birth to son James. The painful welts across her back, legs, arms and chest caused her so much pain that she could not hold the newborn, and was forced to cover her arms in muslin cloth. Doctors had been baffled by Mrs Mackie’s condition, but a skin biopsy revealed a diagnosis of Pemphigoid Gestationis – a rare skin disease caused by an allergic reaction to her baby. The condition, which is believed to affect just one in 50,000 pregnancies, develops when antibodies that work against normal body proteins form during pregnancy.” w/ photos
