Emma Killilea finds money hard to handle—because she's allergic to nickel.
據(jù)英國《每日郵報(bào)》10月5日?qǐng)?bào)道，艾瑪 克里利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)她難以觸摸錢幣——因?yàn)樗龑?duì)鎳過敏。

The 39-year-old's palms erupt in swollen sores that cause severe itching pains whenever she handles coins.
這位39歲的婦女雙手只要觸摸硬幣，就會(huì)立刻紅腫疼痛，并引發(fā)嚴(yán)重的瘙癢。

She suffers from a severe allergy to anything containing nickel - including coins, jewellery, metal buttons and zips.
包括硬幣、珠寶、金屬鈕扣和拉鏈在內(nèi)的任何含鎳物品都會(huì)使其嚴(yán)重過敏。

Her condition means that coming into contact with products containing the harsh metal can cause her skin to break out in painful, irritable welts.
這種狀況意味著，只要該女子接觸含有重金屬的物品，她的皮膚就會(huì)立刻布滿疼痛的、過敏引起的傷痕。

And despite being diagnosed with the allergy, there is nothing she can do to prevent the effects, which can last as long as 24-hours.
盡管已經(jīng)被確診為過敏，艾瑪對(duì)這種會(huì)持續(xù)24小時(shí)的過敏反應(yīng)仍然無能為力。

The bizarre condition has forced Emma to turn to her credit card in a bid to avoid using coinage when out shopping.
這種特殊的體質(zhì)使得艾瑪不得不申辦信用卡，以免她在外出購物時(shí)使用硬幣。

"It is difficult and frustrating because you are always discovering new things with nickel in."
“這真是很艱難，而且令人沮喪，因?yàn)槟憧偸悄馨l(fā)現(xiàn)新的含有鎳的東西。”

"Coins, buttons, jewellery, zips—the list is endless. So many things have it in. It does make shopping a bit of a nightmare."
“硬幣，紐扣，珠寶，拉鏈——列出清單來實(shí)在是沒完沒了。太多的東西含有鎳了。它讓購物變成了一場(chǎng)噩夢(mèng)。”

"Thankfully in this day and age we can use cards to buy pretty much everything and can almost do without coins."
“幸運(yùn)的是在這個(gè)時(shí)代，我們幾乎可以用信用卡購買一切，幾乎可以做到無硬幣消費(fèi)了。”

Emma first discovered she had the problematic condition aged nine when her aunt gave her a gold necklace.
艾瑪?shù)谝淮伟l(fā)現(xiàn)自己這種有問題的體質(zhì)是在九歲的時(shí)候，她的姑姑給了她一條金項(xiàng)鏈。

After wearing the gift she began developing irritating hives wherever it came into contact with her skin.
當(dāng)艾瑪戴上這條項(xiàng)鏈后，所有接觸到的皮膚上開始出現(xiàn)大量刺激性的蕁麻疹。

Then as a teenager Emma noticed that holding coins for too long had the same effect on her palms—forcing her to begin avoiding coppers and silvers as much as possible.
接著，十幾歲的艾瑪注意到一旦她把硬幣握在手中太久，她的手掌上就會(huì)出現(xiàn)相同的反應(yīng)——這使她開始盡量避免接觸銅制品和銀制品。

Nickel allergies are said to be on the increase in the UK because of the high quantity of products containing the metal—but severe cases are still quite rare.
據(jù)稱，由于英國大量物品都含鎳（常見的就有錢幣），鎳過敏癥在該國有不斷增加之勢(shì)，但嚴(yán)重的過敏現(xiàn)象仍然極為罕見。