Fruit Allergy
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Healthy eating has become a trend nowadays. Eating more fresh fruits is desired by most who are concerned about their lifestyle, wellbeing, and overall health. However, this may not be a healthy option for those with allergies to some fruits.
Which fruits cause allergic reactions? How do you know if you have a fruit allergy?
Apricots, bananas, cherries, kiwis, melons, papayas, peaches, pineapples, plums, and strawberries are certain fruits that are known to cause allergies.
The most common symptom is oral allergy syndrome, characterized by allergic reactions in the mouth and throat. There can be tingling, itching, and swelling in the mouth, lips, tongue, throat, and palate. Watery itchy eyes, a runny nose and sneezing can accompany the reactions. Those with hay fever are most susceptible, especially spring hay fever due to birch pollen, and summer hay fever due to ragweed pollen. They can develop allergic reactions when they eat cross-reactive fruits. Kiwis, strawberries, apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, papaya, and pineapples are usual culprits.
Other symptoms include pruritis (itching), urticaria (hives), contact dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma. Handling of fresh fruits like peeling or touching the juice to the lips may cause rashes, itching or swelling where the juice comes in contact with the skin, sneezing, a runny nose, and watery eyes. Strawberries and plums can trigger allergic rashes. Apples and oranges trigger asthma.
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.
What are the best ways to manage a fruit allergy?
Usually, allergic reactions occur when the fruits are raw. Once the fruits are cooked, canned, microwaved, processed, baked, or heated in any way, the allergic effects are reduced. So even if someone is allergic to fresh apples, they will be able to tolerate eating apple sauce, apple jelly, apple juice, apple pie, and dried apples.
Also, note that the most allergenic part of the fruit is the skin, however, not due to the pesticides, chemicals, or wax on its surface. So those who are allergic to fruits such as peaches can eat the flesh without trouble, as long as the skin is peeled away.
The ripeness of the fruit can also determine how allergenic it can get. Freshly picked apples, or unripe apples, may cause milder allergic reactions versus apples that are very ripe, or those that have been stored for weeks after picking.
See if peeling the fruit, or eating partially ripe fruits picked directly from the tree, will result in milder allergies. If the reactions are the same as before, stop eating that certain fruit.
So the best thing that can be done is simply to avoid the fruits that give you allergies, and as long as this is done, medical treatment will not be necessary. But once allergic reactions occur, antihistamine can be taken to relieve symptoms. For severe cases, immunotherapy may be recommended.
To supplement the nutritional aspects of your diet, substitute with other fruits such as grapes, currants, gooseberries, guava, mango, figs, avocado, persimmon, and pomegranates. Consult your general practitioner or any healthcare provider to suggest other healthy alternatives.
I have been looking for a site like this for awhile, I’ve been allergic to fruit since I was a child, to all kinds, including some candy and all juices. Makes eating healthy a real challenge. If anyone has any adivce for allergys like this, please post them!
every time i eat a banana or any fruit my gum’s start to itch really bad and my mouth how do i found out if iam allergic
I am 37 and and found out I was allergic to fruit when I was 14. It started with bananas. Over time I found out that all fresh fruit and most frest vegetables make my mouth itch intensley. If too much is consumed, I break out in hives. I agree, it is hard to be healthy with this allergy!
Thanks for this information.I have many allergies and only recently developed fruit allergies namely apples, peaches, nectarines, and others. I especially found the skin information really interesting.
five years ago i started feeling so lightheaded with every kind of fresh fruit, i can eat a whole cake without feeling bad but im not abble to eat half apple since i become ill.
Thank you for this information. I recently had swollen lips due to bananas…now i say bye bye to bananas forever…
I have hives and itching whenever I eat any sugar at all, especially in fruit. Does anyone know if fruit powders in vitamin capsules have any sugar content? That is never on the label
I’ve had oas since I could remember, probably since I was around 5. Eating all fruits would cause itching and instantaneous vomiting. So from the age of 5 until 21 I never ate any raw fruits. Finally one day my roommate offerred me some of her apples, and they looked so juicy I tried them. To my surprise my oas went away! I’m pretty much completely cured. I don’t know how long ago but I’m glad. The worst reaction I get now is occasional hives. Hang in there, there is hope.
I have nearly died from fruits – first time it was cherries, second time it was pears. I was rushed to hospital, etc. I was always still able to eat grapes, pineapple and bananas. Until today when I ate a banana and immediately began to salivate like a faucet. I immediately took two pepcid which is a very low level antihistamine. I am flushed and blotchy but I think I nipped another anaphylactic reaction in the bud. I dread using my epipens — I carry two on me at all times. So now I cannot eat bananas any longer either. This is horrible. I despise this allergy.
I developed what I know as Tree fruit allergies in my 40s and the list grows as I do!
I am not allergic to Bananas, pineapple, grapes. tomoatoes, strwberries but common items like apples, oranges , plums, nectarines, peaches etc are my nemesis. I could eat all as a kid. Some nuts with skins but not peanuts (grow in the ground) so osme times it’s a surprize when I get a reaction. Extremely itchy eyes and swollen lips.
They are not too severe first time but get progressively worse with each occurance with the same one.
Do you all eat grains and animal products ? Fruit is rarely the culprit of a food allergy. It’s the other bad food we eat that cause that reaction. Have you considered fasting (supervised) and then reintroducing fruits and going vegan ? All the best though, it must be awful..
My son is allergic to all the fruits. So much so that even the mention of fruits by anyone or seeing a fruit, he starts throwing up ans feels very sick. He has a very strong sense of smelling. Even somebody eating fruits like orange, banana etc at quite a distance comes to his knowledge as if the smell spreads to his nose very fast. Is there any treatment for this. After the age of 1, he has not eaten any fruit, in fact the sight of the same troubles him
If you look into NAET.com…you’ll see that many food allergies can be alleviated and perhaps eliminated…
I am 24 years old. I have always wonderd why when someone offered me an apple or a pear I refused it, even though I love the taste.. Everytime they were on the table in a bowl I never reached for one. I never had any desire to eat them, even though I love the taste, until last year. I was getting ready for a halloween party, and my friend had some sliced apples with caramel dipping sauce, I love caramel and to my knowledge I love apples. So I grabbed a bunch and started muching away… until about 15 minutes after the first bite, and my mouth started to tingle, the back of my throat started to itch like crazy… my gums felt like they were going to start rejecting my teeth, and my lips felt chapped and swollen. I looked in the mirror and felt fine, and then instant flashback. I’ve felt this before, I’ve felt this before tons of times, fresh cherries, plums, pears, peaches…apples?! What is going on? This doesn’t make sense I LOVE apple pie, I love Apple Crisp and Peach Pies, I love cherries on my ice cream… I don’t understand… until I read a post saying once you heat the fruit it kills the allergen. No wonder I love fruit in pies and when there hot.. and hate them so much that I subconsiously push them aside when they are raw….
I hate that when I go apple picking I can’t eat the apples… it drives me crazy. I think I will get the shot that helps this allergy go away for a few years.
my son has developed a fruit allergy just in the past couple years, he cant eat oranges, cherries , grapes, bananas, plums, melon including watermelon, and the juice from tomatoes if I scrape out the seeds and juice from the tomato he can eat the flesh. He gets tingling in his mouth and says his throat feels like its swelling but never had hives or anything. He ate all kinds of fruit when he was young. does anyone know how or why it sets in after being fine with the same foods at one time in there life? I always thought It was something you were born with, not something that sets in after awhile??
I developed an allergy to the skin of some fruit. Many fruit are edible when peeled. red delicious apples were untouchable by me. My wife started buying organic fruit, and I have not had a reaction to any fruit since. I do have seasonal allergies for two weeks during the spring. I believe it is when a tree blossoms, not sure which.
Thankyou! I went to a doctor and u know what he said! go and eat fruits which give u a reaction write it down and how long it last. I really thought u want to kill me? Thank you! I should try to warm it up? apple in the microwave lol.
and when I just smell a manderin I don’t feel good, like I have to vomit. so I avoid people who eat them.
I have always been allergic to fruit, when i was a toddler i would always throw up after eating an apple or something. It didn’t get bad until I was 12 or so. since then it has gotten progressively worse. My throat swells up. I have to avoid apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, even berries like blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries (as well as carrots and celery, strangely enough) and several others. My allergy has gotten to the point, that for several years now I am pretty sure I could kill myself taking just a couple bites out of an apple or peach. I have been wondering if i should try some kind of fasting or something. Its hard to avoid such yummy stuff. I feel for everyone with this allergy as well.
I’m 17 now, and before I could eat all the fruit I wanted. Also being Vietnamese, I’d regularly eat more exotic fruits like longan, or leichi nuts. Until one day I was rushed to the emergency room because I broke out in hives, and my throat began to swell up. Now, there are many fruits that give me slight tingley, itchy feeling in my throat and strangely inside of my ear. So now I kinda avoid oranges, cantelopes, bananas, kiwis, pine nuts and such. I hate this allergy, I LOVE FRUIT, hopefully it won’t apply to figs and stuff.
I’m 15yrs old and became allergic (anaphylaxis bad)to fruits when I was 11. It all started with cherries, and has progressed to every fruit. To compensate for this, I ate more carbs…until a few days ago I have been diagnosed with an allergy to corn, wheat, soy, all nuts, and barley. (I also have other food allergies of some veggies) Now I am eating mostly vegetables and protein..some dairy too, but I’m lactose intolerant haha. I’m going to start drop treatments that will be effective in 3-5 years. Sure it sucks, but hopefully one day I’ll be able to eat foods again!
I had horrific allergies to pollen, all fruits with stones as a child, grass, trees, and outgrew the wors of them by the age of 21. If I am not mistaken, our bodies metabolism changes every 7 years…so hang in there, and see an allergist if need be.
Thank you everyone for all the information posted. It gives me an idea for what fruits to avoid for my 13 month toddler. I’m still trying to find out what fruits he’s allergic to. For the moment I know eggs gave him rashes on his body so I stopped giving him eggs but he continues getting some rashes. This website gave me enough information for some fruits to avoid or look out
I’m 16 years old and have not tasted a fruit since I was 5. I had a bad reaction to eating bananas and I stopped eating fruits all together. Later, when I was around 11 years old, I started allergy testing to weeds after getting several rashes & faintings from being outside much. I found out I was allergic to many animals,dust mites, and plants including Ragweed, which is a cousin to Bananas, mellons, etc. and many other plants that are cousins to most fruits. I have had blood-allergy testing done and it revealed that I am allergic to, to put it plainly, all fruit. I carry both Epipens with me everywhere I go, and thank goodness I have not been forced to use one yet. I cannot participate in holidays at school much because of these allergies and it is hard to stay fit, though I am a healthy individual and contenueing my allergy shots, avoiding fruit, and maintaining excorsize along with following medical records in advancement in technology to fight allergies
I have the same reactions to fruit. My throat will swell up and l feel really out of it and anxious for at least 24 hours, even after a smich of fruit, and l mean a smich.
Hi,
I would like to tell everyone. At least for me, when l bought raw fruit, 3 kinds l tried-all l did was take off the skin, cut it up into small pieces, and put it in the microwave for a minute and bang-no allergic reaction! Yahoo!
I have always loved fruits. My favorite foods of all times. I thought if I could eat fruits all the time, I would probably think I was in heaven. Ha ha ha! Someone played tricks on me! I developed allergic reactions to apples, carrots (loved them raw and crunchy),all stone fruits, soy beans and tofu (one of my other faves as well), my favorite legumes… Grrr… I lamented not being able to ingest any white peaches or nectarines, no sweet juicy fuji apples from the farmer’s markets… It is horrible! I’ll eat a few pieces and start to feel the itchy in my mouth. I still eat them, but I take allergy pills before or during the meal. Peeling the fruit doesn’t help either, by the way. I’ll see about heating them up. Like crunchy fuji apples. But the crunch will be taken away! And that’s what made these fruits so wonderful!
For me the back of my throat itches:
Bananas (worst reaction)
Peaches
Cherries
Apples
Carrots
Melons
Pears
Plums
Black Berries
I’ve had intermittent mild reactions with: Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries, grapes. I’ve had no reactions with citrus, processed or cooked fruits.
I’ve had this condition for as long as I can remember. It sucked as a kid because we had cherry, peach and plum trees in my backyard…even a grapevine!
I need an answer, I want to be able to eat fruit and vegetables again. Please tell me what to do!!!!!!. Apples, Apricots, Nectrines, Peaches, Kiwi, Grages, Cherries,Cantalopes,Honeydew,.. Even cooked..Apples, Nectarines, Apricots,Peaches.. also vegetebles like, Carrots, Celery, Califlower(raw).
all fruits cooked or raw except bananas give me diarrhea and gas for several days after eating. Can I do anything to stop the reaction and still enjoy fruits of the season?
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I am getting allergy shots to hopefully be able to eat apples, peaches, pears, plums, nectarines, carrots, etc again. My allergist is optimistic. Removing the skin never worked for me, I guess the allergy was more severe. Heating does work. The other day he suggested I try eating an apple with no skin. I did without the itchiness. Hopefully this is a good sign. Allergy shots are a big time and money commitment and they have about a 70% chance of working when it comes to the fruit allergy.
My friend is allergic to apples, does this mean he can cook them before eating? Or just stay away from them altogether? Please advice accordingly, i’m concerned.
My 5yr old son has been suffering from this for some time thanks to the research team
I am allergic to practically everything thanks to the fact that I have OAS. What I do find is that I can eat most things if cooked. I’m also allergic to all nuts and soy products so the list shrinks even more. Added to that is all the seasonal allergies. As I am also allergic to all the trees that bare fruit and grasses as well. I am going to try the fruit in the microwave and peel the skin off and see what that does. I’m at the 7 year mark now so hopefully my metabolism will change! I will keep you posted on my reactions.Its tough to live with OAS but friends and family support is always needed!Good luck to you all and best wishes and Happy New Year for 2012
Hello,
My son is a soldier who came back from Iraq a year and a half ago. Before deploying, he could eat anything he wanted. Upon returning home, he found he was unable to eat ANY fresh fruit or vegetables. His symptoms are what is really bothering me, as he doesn’t have the itching and hives so much as severe chest pains when he eats any fresh fruit or vegetables. He says it feels just like he has been punched repeatedly in the chest and the pain is unbearable. He can eat some cooked fruits and vegetables, but they have to be pretty much cooked to the point of mush. He has talked to his doctor, who pretty much looked at him like he was out of his mind, as if they had never heard of anything like this. Can anyone give me some advice for him?
Someone mentioned salivating when they have a reaction. Mine started way back in high school when I was trying to get really healthy eating alfa sprouts. Since then I have had reactions to cherries, apples, pears, bannanas, kiwi, some nuts (not all), peaches. I stopped trying other fruits like plums, oranges, manderines, ect because I was afraid of the consequence. Oh, and I have had reactions to raw celery, and raw carrot, but never cooked. And along with those even though I previously loved to eat muscles when younger working in a resteraunt, I now have the most sever reactions. So about the salivating: My reaction involves a tightening of the throught and massive salivation during a reaction. It starts rather mildly and gets progressivly worse. The more I salivate the more I swollow and it seems to turn into air bubbles in my throught. These become SO painfull like the previous post as if Im being punched in the chest! This goes on for more than 4 hours! If it happens at dinner when I eat, Ill be in and out of conciousness at daybreak the next day dealing with the pain. I must say it has gotten slightly better since I stopped smoking a few years ago and I take the maximum dose of (GRAPE SEED EXTRACT) all year round now. This seem to have almost completely gotten rid of my hay feaver allergy. I have a feeling it has to do with pesticides. I can play in my grass at home without any reaction but if I lay in a public park short or no shirt I have a major skin reaction. Perhaps it is the sprays on fruits and veg that is the culprit. I have not conducted any personal test because I am so aftraid of these terrible reactions. I am sure however that it is nature and not science that has the answer.
Hi I’m 41 and have recently had a reaction to hazlenuts, I also have a reasction to kiwi fruit and pineapple.
Today I had a yoghurt with mango and passionfruit pieces in and that bought on a mild reaction. it’s annoying as I’ve never had an allergy to anything before, I don’t suffer with hayfever or any other pollen allergies.
I waiting for allergy testing.
I found the comments etc.. on here very useful and informative. thanks
Never having had any food allergies before I was surprised to have an unpleasant tingling sensation in my mouth after eating organic priobiotic strawberry yogurt. Wont touch it in future.
When I was around 12 I became allergic to mangoes. They were so delicious, then all of the sudden it felt like my throat was constricted and itchy, along with my skin breaking out anywhere the juice hit my skin around my lips. Now I’m 30 and 2 weeks ago cherries started to give me that itchiness
The fresher it is the worse it seems. This sucks, cherries and mangoes are so delish!