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Originally Posted by waves
http://wearenotfoodies.com/the-nutty...d-mangoes.html
The wiki article on urushiol mentions that the odds of reacting increase with each exposure. Some do not react with their first exposure. (sounds like your case). Once a reaction occurs, subsequent exposures tend to produce progressively greater reactions.
One last thing. The additional rash around the mouth makes practically certain this is a mango allergy. In light of that, taking Benadryl by mouth might be very helpful, especially if the rash is still developing at all. (Do not use Benadryl cream - only use the prescribed steroid.)
waves
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Waves,
It is going to be hard to explain this to hubby but I have to.
He saw a few bumps that I recognize to be a lot like the poison ivy I got a few times when I was a kid.
Local mango season goes through the end of August and hubby has been buying the whole fruits and (recently) two quarts of mango juice.
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This is what the weird skin doc gave me.
Desonide Cream
http://www.drugs.com/pro/desonide-cream.html
(It has some odd and unfamiliar ingredients.)
I picked it up tonight but I did not use it. Instead I used my 2% Cortisone that the sane/ nice / usual dermatologist gave me last year for a rash.
Mari