Allergic reactions during exercise

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doing gymnastics with a chronic illness

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can be really difficult

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my body causes me to have

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life-threatening allergic reactions to

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seemingly nothing so sweating or crying

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can be a trigger

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i've nearly died from laughing too much

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with my friends

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but i love being able to fly through the

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air and flip and twist and spin

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it's just something that feels really

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free to me

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my name is natasha coates and i'm an

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elite disability gymnast

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i was number one in the uk for four

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years running

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i have won 22 british titles and

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38 british medals

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i started gymnastics when i was eight

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years old at my local recreational club

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and i've been doing gymnastics ever

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since

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my condition didn't become severe until

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i was 18.

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one day i went into final flight to

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shock it was completely out of the blue

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nobody knew what

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caused it mass activation syndrome is a

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rare condition that affects your immune

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system

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so when you get stung by a nettle you

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get a raised itchy