The 50-year-old "paper woman" assures that she can use the surface of her hands for making lists, for example, when shopping
Doctors are studying a rare skin condition that allows wearers to use their bodies like notebooks. Patients with artificial urticaria syndrome can write words on their skin with their fingernails. The writing appears on the skin a moment later and does not disappear again.
The body of one of the patients - an elderly Chinese woman Huang Xiangji - is almost entirely covered with poems and notes. Experts say that the syndrome under study does not harm the body, despite its amazing manifestations. When Huang writes on his skin with his fingernail, the raised text appears a moment later.
“I have been using my body as a notebook for many years,” the patient confesses. “I never have to look for a pen and paper.
Doctors say that artificial urticaria is a fairly common disease, but the form in which patients can write on their skin is very rare. Writes about it
- The main cause of urticaria is allergy, - doctors explain. - Unfortunately, there are no statistics on such patients yet.
