A woman who claims to be ‘allergic to running’ has detailed the moment she ‘nearly died’ after rushing to catch a flight and suffering a severe reaction.
Divz Mangat, 27, was traveling from her home in Canada to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic last month with her sister, Dee Mangat, and some friends.
The ladies were forced to run through the airport to avoid missing their flight, and soon after Divz began to break out in hives.
They got so bad she had to use an EpiPen for fear her throat would close – and the incident left her convinced she was suffering from exercise-induced anaphylaxis, a rare disorder in which patients suffer from allergic reactions after participating in physical activities. activity.
A woman who claims to be ‘allergic to running’ has detailed the moment she ‘nearly died’ after rushing to catch a flight and suffering a severe reaction
Divz Mangat, 27, was traveling from her home in Canada to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic last month with her sister, Dee Mangat, and some friends.
The ladies were forced to run through the airport to avoid missing their flight, and soon after Divz began to break out in hives
“For the past few months, every time I run or when I’m stressed, I have attacks of hives,” she explained to Newsweek recently.
They got so bad she had to use an EpiPen for fear her throat would close – and the incident left her convinced she was suffering from exercise-induced anaphylaxis, a rare disorder in which patients suffer from allergic reactions after participating in physical activities. activity
“I didn’t know if it was due to racing or stress. But that day I realized that it had to be 100% because I was running and stressed.
Divz’s sister Dee documented the airport incident and shared it with ICT Tacwhere it has been viewed over 6.6 million times – and has left many across the web stunned by its condition.
‘How [Divz] almost died from a delayed flight,’ she began in the viral video.
“Our first first flight was delayed and we have a connecting flight… so we had to start running to the gate,” she continued as a clip of the girls walking through the airport crossed the screen.
“That’s when things started to get really bad. Divz has had severe allergic reactions, but she also doesn’t know what she’s allergic to. Once on the plane, she started having hives.
He then cut a video of the two girls sitting on the plane as Divz showed off her hives – which had developed on her face and arms – to the camera.
Dee explained that her sister tried taking Benedryl but it didn’t help, so she was forced to use the EpiPen.
Divz’s sister Dee documented the airport incident and shared it on TikTok, where it got over 6.6 million views – and left many people online stunned by the state.
“Once we got on the plane, she started having hives,” Dee shared in the TikTok, as Divz showed off her hives – which had developed on her face and arms – to the camera.
Dee explained that her sister tried taking Benedryl but it didn’t help, so she was forced to use the EpiPen
In the end, she said the treatment helped her and she felt “good” afterwards, apart from feeling “a little sleepy”.
In the end, she said the treatment helped her and she felt “good” afterwards, apart from feeling “a little sleepy”.
While chatting with Newsweek, Divz explained that she had to go to the hospital “several times” because of mysterious allergic reactions.
Doctors at the hospital couldn’t figure out what was causing them, so she was told to see a specialist.
She is currently waiting for a date and in the meantime she is trying to slow things down.
‘All the trip [in the DR] the girls were like, “Don’t run. Just walk where you need to go,” she explained.
“I’m very careful not to make my heart beat very fast. I’m just trying to be very calm and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
According medical landscapeEIA symptoms include itchy skin, hives, flushing, wheezing, nausea, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea after exercise.
“If physical activity continues, patients may progress to more severe symptoms, including angioedema” [swelling under the skin]low blood pressure [low blood pressure]and, ultimately, cardiovascular collapse,” he added.
While Dee admitted she wasn’t too sure about her sister’s claims that she was allergic to running at first, after the incident at the airport she became convinced.
‘I was like, ‘Yeah, okay, sure. I’ve never heard of that.’ I just thought it was some kind of crazy phenomenon,” she recalls.
Divz said she had to go to the hospital “several times” due to allergic reactions. Doctors at the hospital couldn’t figure out what was causing them, so she was told to see a specialist
She is currently waiting for a date and in the meantime she is trying to slow things down
“I’m very careful not to make my heart beat very fast. I’m just trying to be very calm and make sure it doesn’t happen again,’ she said.
After Dee’s TikTok garnered so much attention online, thousands of people hit the comments section. Some who also suffer from EIA have spoken out and shared their own experiences
“I’ve never seen anyone allergic to running, but it ended up being quite a hectic video.”
After Dee’s TikTok garnered so much attention online, thousands of people took to the comments section to share their thoughts.
While some people were surprised by the disease, others who also suffer from EIA spoke up and shared their own experiences.
Some medical professionals even got involved and gave Divz advice – and she was very grateful for their expertise.
“Seeing other people have similar things helps, in a way,” she said.
