1mo ago

TIL that people with latex allergies are often also allergic to banana, avocado, kiwifruit, and papaya through a phenomenon called latex-fruit syndrome (LFS)

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Revisiting Latex-Fruit Syndrome after 30 Years of Research: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Description of Two Cases

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People who are allergic to stuff that comes out of trees are also allergic to different stuff that comes out of trees.
- Like drop bears?
  
  I find most people are allergic to surprise maulings.
Latex-fruit syndrome is a good band name
- Alt name for xiu xiu
I had a coworker with this allergy. She randomly had an attack at work and couldn’t find her EpiPen, it was really scary. Thankfully another coworker used his on her and she ended up being ok. We’re still not sure what triggered it; she suspects there may have been some sort of latex in the asphalt binder that a construction crew was paving with across the street.
- Fuck man. I have 4 EpiPens and I'm pretty sure next time the allergy strikes I won't find one.
Figs too.
- Yup! Good call.
If any one says that bananas are spicy may have this
Likewise, poison ivy allergy is often an indicator that you maybe allergic to mangos.
Mangos have urushiol (the oil from the toxodendron species that causes the rash) in the skin.
OMG. I don't think I could go on especially with the world the way it is if I had this. I mean im a picky eater to begin with and these are high on they rock list of foods.
It's also why my machete is covered in latex when I harvest these fruits.
good thing I don't like fruit
Also Mango and Pineapple
- This is not obvious to anyone who has slowly developed a late in life layer allergy and noticed after years that avocados are kinda spicy all of a sudden.
  Its me, I'm that person.
  Anyway though, even barring my subnormal experience, people don't often think of the type of sap a fruit tree may have contained before eating. In fact I think that'd be particularly bizarre if one WAS thinking about that before they ate their snack. So no, its not particularly obvious.

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