英女子對錢幣過敏 購物只好刷卡
Emma Killilea finds money hard to handle—because she's allergic to nickel.
據英國《每日郵報》10月5日報道，艾瑪 克里利亞發現她難以觸摸錢幣——因爲她對鎳過敏。
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，就會立刻紅腫疼痛，並引發嚴重的瘙癢。
She suffers from a severe allergy to anything containing nickel - including coins, jewellery, metal buttons and zips.
包括硬幣、珠寶、金屬鈕釦和拉鍊在內的任何含鎳物品都會使其嚴重過敏。
Her condition means that coming into contact with products containing the harsh metal can cause her skin to break out in painful, irritable welts.
這種狀況意味着，只要該女子接觸含有重金屬的物品，她的皮膚就會立刻佈滿疼痛的、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.
儘管已經被確診爲過敏，艾瑪對這種會持續24小時的過敏反應仍然無能爲力。
The bizarre condition has forced Emma to turn to her credit card in a bid to avoid using coinage when out shopping.
這種特殊的體質使得艾瑪不得不申辦信用卡，以免她在外出購物時使用硬幣。
"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，因爲你總是能發現新的含有鎳的東西。”
"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，鈕釦，珠寶，拉鍊——列出清單來實在是沒完沒了。太多的東西含有鎳了。它讓購物變成了一場噩夢。”
"Thankfully in this day and age we can use cards to buy pretty much everything and can almost do without coins."
“幸運的是在這個時代，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了。”
Emma first discovered she had the problematic condition aged nine when her aunt gave her a gold necklace.
艾瑪第一次發現自己這種有問題的體質是在九歲的時候，她的姑姑給了她一條金項鍊。
After wearing the gift she began developing irritating hives wherever it came into contact with her skin.
當艾瑪戴上這條項鍊後，所有接觸到的皮膚上開始出現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.
接着，十幾歲的艾瑪注意到一旦她把硬幣握在手中太久，她的手掌上就會出現相同的反應——這使她開始儘量避免接觸銅製品和銀製品。
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.
據稱，由於英國大量物品都含鎳（常見的就有錢幣），鎳過敏症在該國有不斷增加之勢，但嚴重的過敏現象仍然極爲罕見。
