Fruit Allergies 101

Fruit Allergies 101
By Jeffrey Frasco

It is a catch 22; you eat more fruits to live a healthy lifestyle then you discover that you are allergic to certain fruits, well if that don’t beat all. So you try to eat healthy and learn that it is actually causing a reaction in you, now what do you do.

So how exactly do you tell which fruits are causing the reaction and which one are not. There are certain ones that are known to cause reactions in people. These include bananas, strawberries, cherries and pineapples to name a few.

In people who are prone to allergies involving fruit the most common reaction is one that is called a oral allergy. This means that the symptoms that a person experiences are related to the mouth. These symptoms include swelling of the lips, tongue, throat as well a itching and tingling. In the spring time when pollen is active people who suffer from fruit allergies are affected when the trees begin to pollinate. More severe symptoms include vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, and on rare occasions, life threatening anaphylactic reactions such as swelling of the throat, wheezing, and trouble breathing. Bananas can sometimes cause anaphylaxis.

In addition you need to know that many of the symptoms of fruit allergies are caused by the skin of the fruit. Another factor that will determine how allergenic a fruit fruit may be is the ripeness. A fruit that has recently been picked will be less reactive than one that was picked and stored for weeks.

So one thing that you will need to do is to try and pick a fruit ore it fully ripens and peel it afterward. If this does not work then stop eating the fruit and consult with your doctor immediately.

So exactly how does one go about treating the symptoms that are associated with fruit allergies and still live a healthy lifestyle? One way is to cook the fruits that are in question. Many times fruits are a problem when they are in their raw state. For example, a person who suffers a allergy to apples. The will still be able to drink apple juice because the apples have been processed to rid the fruit of the chemicals that cause a reaction.

Now the best thing that you can do is to just avoid the fruit all together as this will be the best way to avoid an unwanted reaction. These reactions are not always severe, in fact many of them are more of a inconvenience then it is an actual health risk.

As you can see reactions to fruit are easy to control as long as you take some precautions beforehand and exercise caution when dealing with fruits.

For more information about Allergic Reactions, Chemical Reactions, and Alcohol Reactions visit reactions.com.

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