I have the same rare vampire condition Count Dracula had garlic can kill me

She’s the real-life Count Dracula.A woman’s rare “vampire disease” causes her to writhe in pain and could even be fatal if she ingests garlic, much like the mythical bloodsucking creatures.Phoenix Nightingale, 32, has what is called “acute intermittent porphyria,” a very rare metabolic disorder that results in symptoms like pain, migraines, constipation and vomiting for days at a time if triggered.Unfortunately for the Minnesota woman, her condition is triggered by an allergy to sulfur, which is found in garlic and could even result in a “fatal attack” if she ingests too much.“People call it the vampire disease,” she told Jam Press.The real-life Count Dracula, Vlad III, is suspected to have had the disorder, which inspired the fable of vampires who hate garlic and are sunlight averse.“It comes from the legend about them needing to avoid garlic, having to stay out of the sun, looking pale and having receding teeth,” Nightingale explained.“Neurological side effects can make people think that those with the condition must have been monsters or are possessed.”The mom-of-two is forced to avoid any foods containing sulfur, as eating it in “high amounts or over an extended period could be fatal.” Symptoms, she added, can “come out of nowhere” or start to set in weeks ahead of an attack.“I’m very careful about what I put in my body.I avoid a lot of food.

I stick to the food that I know is safe.I can’t even take most medications,” she said.“I haven’t eaten garlic since I was diagnosed. I could never eat garlic bread.

It could send me into an attack,” she continued, describing her “life-threatening” attacks as two-day bouts of vomiting, sometimes 60 times over the course of an attack, and the potential for breathing difficulties.Nightingale said that she’s experienced over 480 attacks over the course of her life as she searched her answers, desperate for a diagnosis that only came last year.The pain, she added, can�...