Oral Allergy Syndrome

[Conservative Hippie]

My mom and brother must have this. If my mom eats pineapple, kiwi, peppers of any kind, her tongue starts to swell and itch. There are a few other things as well, I just can't recall.
And recently my brother revealed that he can't eat bananas, kiwi or pineapple either.

They are both allergic to latex. All of those fall under latex fruit oral allergy syndrome, which is what I have. I haven't had a reaction to peppers or bananas (yet) but also on the list is mango, avocado, and certain tree nuts.

 

[curious3069]

You know, I despise raw tomatoes and therefore don't eat them (except in a salad every once in awhile) they don't bother my mouth, but I hate touching them. Canned are fine, I can chop them up but chopping or even picking raw tomatoes make my hands itch. No redness or hives, I always just figured it was it was a mind thing-I hate the taste so much that it was just a sort of mental aversion to touching them. Reading about oral allergies makes me wonder if I really just have a mild allergy to raw tomatoes. Interesting.

For those that have it...how do you react to frozen fruit? Just me being curious!

 

[UVmatician]

I have Oral Allergy Symptom to all raw nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Some of them are worse than others but all of them make my mouth itch. But I found a solution. If I eat cooked carbs right after I eat raw fruits or veggies, then the itching goes away right away. So I always try to eat some bread, potatoes, or rice right after the raw fruit/veggies. It's allowed me to enjoy many things. And I always eat my salad first.

 

[UVmatician]

I have Oral Allergy Symptom to all raw nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Some of them are worse than others but all of them make my mouth itch. But I found a solution. If I eat cooked carbs right after I eat raw fruits or veggies, then the itching goes away right away. So I always try to eat some bread, potatoes, or rice right after the raw fruit/veggies. It's allowed me to enjoy many things. And I always eat my salad first.

Also if I eat the raw vegetables in a sandwhich then the bread really helps to counteract them. This has made sandwiches and burritos some of my favorite foods.