About eating fruit...?!
About eating fruit...?
Does anyone else get an itchy/scratchy feeling in their mouth and throat when eating fruit? What causes this? My mouth actually gets swollen when I eat some fruit. I never had this problem until after age 25 or so....
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Yep! Allergy it is! I developed fruit allergy two years after I got hit by pollen allergy. Some fruits I can only eat in small amounts, like apple and pear. Also I have to cut them into small pieces to avoid any contact of the fruit with my mouth, if my lips touch the juice of the fruit, they would be sworn and itchy.
I can not eat peach or cherry at all, only one bite would make my throat and lips so itchy that I can barely breath.
I developed these at the age of 27, and it gets worse each year. I knew these because I'd try a bit of the fruits each year just to see if the allergy is still there, and they WERE!!!
I read from some magazine that it is caused by the protein in the fruits, same like how the protein in pollen causes seasonal allergy.
Just avoid the fruits.
That's an allergic reaction - they can start at any point in life. Is it all fruit or just a few? I'd pay attention to it because it's dangerous. Once you're allergic, you can become anaphalactic (where your body begins shutting down as a severe allergic reaction).
Best bet is to get to a doctor for an allergy test and avoid the fruit that triggers it.
You may have an illergic reaction to something, the fruit could have been sprayed with a pesticide you maybe allergic to. Some allergies just appair, you'd be best to consult your doctor
You might be allergic, I'm not aware of others ever getting these symptoms. See your doctor when you get the chance, and ask him about it. In the mean time, you should stay away from fruits and take a vitamin.