Allergies suck. Being allergic to something can completely put your life on hold, whether that's having a pet allergy, a nut allergy, or even an orange allergy - yep, I've heard that's a thing.
A few sneezes and a sore throat can be dealt with very easily and quickly, but an entire change in your appearance? Not so much...
A young woman from the U.K had an allergy so severe that her entire head swelled to double its size, and it looked pretty horrific. Keep scrolling to learn of the eye-watering yet hilarious story of how this woman dealt with her new look...
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Allergies are no joke...
People can be allergic to a wide range of things.
This goes from household pets to different types of foods. Some allergies are mild and only bring on a sneezing fit and a runny nose, whilst some are severe and can even kill if not treated quickly.Angioedema is brought on by severe allergies...
Angioedema can transform someone's appearance completely...
Festival season...
Whilst enjoying the festival with her girlfriends...
The incident occurred at last year's Kendal Calling...
I’m sorry if everybody feels they have heard this story a billion times. But this time last year - we had to flee t… https://t.co/6l645h1x06— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564329169.0
Caitlin was looking pretty fed up on day 3 of the festival...
1) an innocent photo taken to show day 1 v day 3 of sleeping in a tent in the piss wet through (good bants). We wer… https://t.co/9fQeKrYpLD— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564329548.0
Her head began to feel heavy...
2) so we awoke the next day, and Caitlin said her head felt heavy. We all did not notice because we are dumb. She b… https://t.co/0ZCgpQTydv— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564329764.0
As the day went on, Caitlin's head began to swell outwards.
3) when she pointed it out we couldn’t help but lol as it seemed a stable size, not ready to sprout any further, we… https://t.co/F8KlFEyeGr— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564329965.0
The group of girls decided to have some fun with Caitlin's new look...
4) alarmed we grabbed the gang n anyone else close by who could attend the circus act one at a time to see… https://t.co/2uA4dTNZCL— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564330364.0
Caitlin was finally taken to the medical tent...
5) at this point we decided she best visit the medical tent as @_GeorgiaEvans began to think she had contacted the… https://t.co/iUPHUnR3mK— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564330580.0
Going home did not cross the girls' minds...
https://t.co/pOZr1oW2Zl— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564330908.0
Things began to get worse...
7) Saturday night we decided to get an early - ish night, considering @caitlintyson112 was carrying child in her fo… https://t.co/oB5hiclxD2— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564331016.0
The girls finally saw it fit to go home...
8) still at this point going home didn’t really cross our minds. But our tent fell in, @ellismarr fell over approx… https://t.co/rFG0E5yccr— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564331274.0
Caitlin's mom was horrified when she picked her up...
9) so on our way to the main gate to meet our birth givers to collect us... Caitlin was told by Shelly she needs to… https://t.co/2gGZymZSe9— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564331508.0
Wondering why people were staring...
Home finally, safe and sound!
11) home safe and sound with half functioning eyes just in time for the love island final ... https://t.co/rInx4P8GEL— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564331682.0
Caitlin was soon back to normal!
12) thank you for taking the time to read a thread on my giant friend @caitlintyson112 safe to say she no longer lo… https://t.co/IdmG30HthV— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564331890.0
Rhiannon shared a disclaimer for the haters out there...
Disclaimer: for some of the saddos on fb n here who think that we are terrible friends for taking photos instead of… https://t.co/1CkEo3BqjM— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564435888.0
No drugs or narcotics were involved...
This all occurred at @KendalCalling 2018 & for all the Q’s about how this happened, no she did not take narcotics..… https://t.co/eCJWUqCh4G— RhiRob99 (@RhiRob99)1564405629.0