Allergies to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Allergies to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables  Food allergies are a common problem in both children and adults. The most common foods causing allergy include milk, egg, wheat, soy, peanut, tree nuts, shellfish and fish. Some people, however, experience allergic reactions to fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, carrots, peaches, banana, melons, kiwi and mango. Many of these reactions include itching and tingling of the mouth and throat, and are related to pollen or latex allergy, while others can include facial rashes that mimic poison oak from exposure to the skin of the mango fruit.  Daniel More, MD Allergies Expert Oral Allergy Syndrome The oral allergy syndrome (OAS) is caused by cross-reactivity between proteins in fresh fruits and vegetables and pollens. This syndrome occurs in a large number (up to 70 percent) of people with pollen allergy. The proteins in the fruits and vegetables causing OAS are easily broken down with cooking or processing. Therefore, the OAS typically does not occur with cooked or baked fruits and vegetables, or processed fruits such as in applesauce. READ NOW Share Have a Latex Allergy? Learn About Latex-Food Syndrome Cross-reactivity between latex and various foods result from the presence of similar proteins in natural rubber latex and certain foods. Reactions to various foods can occur in people with latex allergy, and can include symptoms ranging from the oral allergy syndrome to life-threatening anaphylaxis. It is also possible for people with food allergy to various fruits to become allergic to latex as a result of similar proteins in the 2 substances. READ NOW Share Why do I get an itchy rash around my mouth after eating mangoes?  Allergic reactions can occur with any food, but mangoes are unique in that they belong to the plant family that also contains poison oak, poison ivy and poison sumac. Contact with the skin from mangoes, such as with eating a mango like an apple, can result in contact dermatitis around the mouth. These symptoms may include redness, itching and flaking on the areas of skin that the mango touched, and look much like a poison oak reaction. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 6 Foods that Have More Carb Than You Think • How Almonds May Help Prevent Your Migraines • The Top 10 Foods for Healthy Hair • "I Give Up!" What to Do When Nothing Helps Your Thyroid • 5 Reasons Your Thyroid Problems Could Be Your Fault • Why Don't You Wear Shoes During Yoga? • Thyroid Patients: Choose to Be Sick...Or Choose to Be Well • How to Make Crunchy Celariac Chips Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Allergies newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved