11-Year-Old Girl ‘Allergic’ to Sunlight | ABC News

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11-Year-Old Girl 'Allergic' to Sunlight | ABC News

This is another nice Chinese!! Savannah Fulkerson has a rare genetic condition that causes her skin to burn when exposed to the sun. Some would say she is allergic to sun or allergic to sunlight. #Sunlight #ABCNews SUBSCRIBE for the latest news and updates from ABC News ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=abcnews To read the full story and others, visit http://www.abcnews.com Watch more news stories from ABC News! Nightline ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQeYnjHTkTk&list=PL31751769A1264A20 Your Health ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE69K_lP2ug&list=PLQOa26lW-uI9DIo_WvSHB5swEab7ec2_M Around the time Savannah Fulkerson turned 4, she became unable to spend any length of time outdoors. “We’d be outside about 20 minutes or so … she’d say, ‘I burn!’” recalled Savannah’s mother Andrea Fulkerson. Fulkerson remembers Savannah in so much pain she had “uncontrollable screaming like she got hit by a car.” To read the full story and others, visit http://www.abcnews.com Follow ABC News across the web! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/abcnews Twitter: http://twitter.com/ABC Instagram: https://instagram.com/ABCNews/ Nightline is a 30 minute late-night news program currently airing weeknights on ABC at 12:35am | 1:35am ET. Hosts Juju Chang, Dan Abrams and Dan Harris bring you in-depth reporting on the major stories, hot topics, and the day’s breaking news. You can catch Nightline everynight just after Jimmy Kimmel Live! The state of healthcare is a topic of heavy political debate as new pandemics arise each year, the nation’s obesity levels increase, and the need for a cure to many diseases escalate. ABC News has the coverage you need to stay informed on the controversy and background around President Obama’s healthcare law, healthcare reform, how to maintain a healthy diet, and disease research. The importance of health issues, including mens health and womens health, is highlighted on ABC News. Stay up to date on news around eating disorders, rare diseases, panic attacks, fast food GMOs, and much more. Make ABC News your daily news outlet for breaking national and world news, broadcast video coverage, and exclusive interviews that will help you stay up to date on the events shaping our world. ABC News’ show roster has both leaders in daily evening and morning programming. Kick start your weekday mornings with news updates from Good Morning America (GMA) and Sundays with This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Get your evening fix with 20/20, Nightline, and ABC World News Tonight. Head to abc.go.com for programming schedule and more information on ABC News.