Fruit/Latex Crossover Allergy? Hi, I believe I have the fruit/latex crossover allergy. I am currently undiagnosed, though I do have an appointment with an allergist in August. I used to just be allergic to bananas but now it has widened to tomatoes, apples, melons, etc. Because this allergy is spreading to other fruits, I'm kinda scared to eat any. My question is, does this allergy only pertain to raw fruits or is the component I am allergic to dissolved when the fruit/vegetable is cooked? Also, is there a shot or medicine you can take to lessen the reaction so that you are able to eat a piece of fruit every once in a while? I know I can ask all these questions in August when I see the allergist, but if there is a way around it, I'd like to know earlier...I'm missing prime fruit season! I would try different fruits to see which I am allergic to, but my reaction is pretty severe with abdominal cramps and tightness of the chest. I just want to see if there are other ways to eat the fruit that would not cause the reaction.

Does anyone have an infant with latex allergy? What foods cross-react? My baby is almost 6 months old. She was breastfed until a few weeks ago, but she literally seemed allergic to everything I ate. I elimninated dairy, beef, soy, chicken, fish, nuts, wheat, and eggs, and she was still having a terrible reaction to something I ate. An allergist put her on Neocate, which seemed to solve the problem at first. But after a week the problems started to return (incl. face rash, extreme fussiness, projectile vomiting, coughing and retching immediately after a bottle, etc.). Then we discovered she has a latex allergy to the bottle nipples! Since we switched to silicone, the problem is completely solved. However, we're now starting to introduce solids. She's only had rice cereal so far, which she tolerates well. But I've read that avocade, banana, and other tropical fruits can cross-react with latex, and that carrots, potatoes, and apples sometimes do too. Has anyone faced this problem? Was your latex-allergic infant able to tolerate those foods? (I was eating lots of carrots, potatoes, and apples while breastfeeding, so that could have explained the continuing problem. And only small amounts pass through breastmilk. Now I'm afraid she'll have a severe reaction if she ingests even a small amount of these foods directly.) Also, we have not introduced any foods except rice cereal to her. The others were all foods in MY diet while breastfeeding. To clarify, my dietary changes while breastfeeding were all made under the supervision of several doctors (pediatrician, allergist, and consulting neurologist). We don't actually believe she's allergic to all those foods (chicken, wheat, etc.), but the allergy symptoms were worsening quickly and had progessed to coughing, gagging, and projective vomiting immediately after each feeding. She's started refusing her bottle, and at that point she hadn't begun solids so the bottle refusal was alarming. She also had terrible gas, green poop, etc. The allergist said the only way I could try to continue breastfeeding was to try an elimination diet until we found the culprit(s). We never did - the only one we know for sure is latex, and the allergist said it can be cross-reactive with certain fruits and vegetables. I'm aware that an immature digestion can cause similar-sounding problems, but in her case it definitely is a food allergy. That's why the Neocate helped immediately.