[Mari]

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.

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