Dude gives up good job to be a carpenter, has wood allergy

Carpenter develops wood allergy

24 April 2008 11:14 UK

Dan Hill worked as an investment banker for nearly eight years.

A banker quit his £80,000 a year job to live his dream of being a carpenter - only to discover he has developed an allergy to wood.

Swansea-based Dan Hill, 32, swapped his City career at an investment bank in London for a perfect country life-style making exclusive wooden furniture.
But just weeks into his new vocation, Mr Hill was covered in a red, itchy rash and his eyes were streaming.

Doctors said he was suffering a rare allergy to dust from the wood shavings.

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