Charlie was diagnosed with psoriasis at four months old (Picture: Caters) <\/p>\n
A baby girl has such severe psoriasis that strangers often make rude remarks or ask if she has a contagious disease. <\/p>\n
Mum Ashley Nagy, 29, is showing strangers not to fear her daughter Charlie by kissing and cuddling her in public. <\/p>\n
To combat stares and cruel comments from strangers, Ashley, from Queen Creek in Arizona, USA, shows affection to 19-months-old daughter in public. <\/p>\n
Charlie was diagnosed with psoriasis at four-months-old after small red dots that appeared all over her skin and later developed into large welts that would peel and flake-off. <\/p>\n
The disease, which affects more than 125 million people worldwide, appears in flares and is often brought on by stress, illness and food intolerances. <\/p>\n
Parents Ashley and Andrew, 32, have been accused by strangers of letting their daughter get severely sunburnt and others drag their children away fearing she is contagious. <\/p>\n
Ashley, who works in property, said: Strangers can be very cruel about it, when weve taken her to the playground the parents of other children have dragged their kids away thinking shes contagious. <\/p>\n
The couple call Charlie their Unicorn Baby to reinforce how unique and special she is. <\/p>\n
Most people move away, afraid they are going to catch whatever she has or move their kids away so she cant get to close or play with them. <\/p>\n
My response is normally to pick Charlie up and kiss her so that people can see she is not contagious and being near her isnt going to hurt anyone. <\/p>\n
Others have said they cant believe we have her out in public, but these are just very ignorant people so we ignore them. <\/p>\n
If Im pushing her around in a stroller and see people staring at her, looking at her in pity or trying to move their children away Ill lightly touch her face and kiss her on the cheek. <\/p>\n
I want people to see that even though she has psoriasis they dont need to be afraid to touch and love her, I hope they see shes not contagious and are more compassionate. <\/p>\n
I dont put her in turtlenecks or hide her, I have her in shorts and am not ashamed of who she is and walk with pride, I know shes beautiful. <\/p>\n
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Charlie was two-months old when she had her first psoriasis flare-up and doctors believe she is one of the youngest patients to have such a severe case. <\/p>\n
Her parents combat the itchy and painful flare-ups that cover her head to toe with a specialist two-hour bathing routine with essential oils. <\/p>\n
Then we lotion her right away so her skin doesnt crack with organic butter bees wax, that has essential oils and other ingredients. <\/p>\n
From there, we put her in an oversized cotton t-shirt so that the ingredients can soak into her skin and prevent flare-ups from friction that can be caused when her clothing is too tight. <\/p>\n
Ashley is fundraising to help cover her Charlies medical bills, check-ups and treatment, as well as donating to the Phoenix Childrens Hospital who treated her during a bad flare-up. <\/p>\n
The family have struggled to find insurance that would cover Charlie as young cases are so rare. <\/p>\n
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