TIL that people with latex allergies are often also allergic to banana, avocado, kiwifruit, and papaya through a phenomenon called latex-fruit syndrome (LFS)

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

TIL that people with latex allergies are often also allergic to banana, avocado, kiwifruit, and papaya through a phenomenon called latex-fruit syndrome (LFS)

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

I had a coworker with this allergy. She randomly had an attack at work and couldn’t find her EpiPen, it was really scary. Thankfully another coworker used his on her and she ended up being ok. We’re still not sure what triggered it; she suspects there may have been some sort of latex in the asphalt binder that a construction crew was paving with across the street.

TIL that people with latex allergies are often also allergic to banana, avocado, kiwifruit, and papaya through a phenomenon called latex-fruit syndrome (LFS)

TIL that people with latex allergies are often also allergic to banana, avocado, kiwifruit, and papaya through a phenomenon called latex-fruit syndrome (LFS)

Revisiting Latex-Fruit Syndrome after 30 Years of Research: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Description of Two Cases