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He had always found it somewhat difficult to tolerate the human race until the day he had to admit that he was becoming physically allergic to any male or female presence. He barricaded himself at home, without television or radio, because even the sound of voices caused him severe discomfort, dizziness, and nausea accompanied by bleeding.
Things worsened when he realized he was developing an allergy of the same severity to all man-made foods and all natural products from the earth. He managed to get by by taking high doses of vitamins and administering himself injections of smaller doses. He then had a panic attack when he noticed his allergy to all drinks, but he would only lose all hope when he began experiencing symptoms of suffocation from breathing the ambient air.