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Originally Posted by waves
If you consumed the fruit, you are almost certainly not allergic to the pulp as you should have broken out around the lips and/or in the mouth. In this case, you should be ok eating mango, provided you don't handle the peel.
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Waves,
I had a delayed breakout around the edges of my mouth. It happened after the rash on my hands.
Bananas and Latex:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8006321
Capers: Capers Cashew: Cashew, Mango, Pistachio: http://www.foodallergygourmet.com/Fo...20Families.htm
Urushiol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urushiol
I have to go to another MD today so I cannot read all of this carefully right now.
It appears that bananas and mangos are not as related to each other as I thought although they both can be related to latex -- not sure.
Mari