the disease often comes on spontaneously according to the national organization for rare diseases and doctors can only offer supporting medications such as antihistamines to patients on a website to draw attention to her case reid said she has gained significant amount of weight and had to quit her job because the sweat would cause her to break out in massive hives for hours or days it is just as emotionally painful as it is physically if she sweats cries or simply takes a hot shower cdc confirms zika virus linked to rare birth defect experts explain key to stopping zika virus from spreading i went from being a gymnast and a dancer to not being able to walk through the grocery store during the day without receiving hurtful stares reid said on her website reid could not be immediately reached by abc news for further comment i cannot describe to you the depths of depression that exist when your life is just taken from you reid said on her website i just feel like a monster now you dont realize how much your body sweats until you become allergic to it 151 a florida woman is speaking out about her rare condition which has left her unable to leave the house during the day she said she developed the immunological condition three years ago when she was working at a gymnastics gym its torture living like this its torture reid said in an interview with abcs tampa bay affiliate wfts she told wfts she doesnt leave the house during the day over fear she could sweat and break out into hives im allergic to myself she said i would say its one step shy of being allergic to breathing or blinking reid said without a job she has had difficulty paying for doctors appointments and has become depressed about her inability to return to her old life julie reid said she developed a devastating immunological condition called cholinergic urticaria which causes her skin to become hypersensitive to emotional stress and exercise the disease will usually stop just as suddenly as it started though there is no timeline for when it might end according to the organization