Allergy to Strawberries


If you eat strawberries, cherries or bananas and urticaria appears on your body , it mean you have an allergic reaction, a good reason to see the doctor.

Pure strawberry allergy is rare, most people sensitive to such fruits have a pseudo allergic reaction.
In both cases, the patient must go to the allergist.

Pseudo-allergic people may not have allergic reactions from the first time they eat the fruit , while the sensitivity in pure allergic reactions is continuous.

SYMPTOMS
In susceptible individuals, the fruit produce hives (itchy), associated with lips, face or other body extremities swelling . Very rarely happens to reach anaphylaxis (allergic reaction to other organs) or drop in blood pressure.

Those who have eat strawberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, tomatoes, potatoes may showcontact urticaria (oral allergy syndrome), which is manifested in the mouth region by tingling, lips and skin around them itching and swelling tongue.

Treatment
Treatment is by administration of last generation anti-allergic and antihistamines. This should be done only under medical supervision.

Posted in Food allergies by admin at February 10th, 2010.

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