If you are allergic to pollen, beware of raw fruit and vegetables, especially in summer, the time of year when people tend to consume more of these food products.
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If you allergic to pollen pay attention to fruit and raw vegetables, especially in summer, the time of year when people tend to consume more of these food products.
Anyone with a severe pollen allergy could experience even serious problems cconsuming raw fruits and vegetables. Symptoms range from intense itching in the mouth up to an edema of the oral cavity.
But they could also manifest themselves edema of the glottis e feeling of suffocation. To warn us are the experts ofSant'Anna Hospital in Como. Often those who are allergic to pollen are unaware that raw fruits and vegetables can cause unexpected symptoms.
In summer, tomatoes, carrots, apricots, peaches, melons and salads abound on our tables. For those allergic to pollen, these foods may be off-limits. The doctors' recommendations are part of an information campaign to raise awareness of allergic diseases.
"The allergy to fresh fruit or vegetables" - he explained Marina Russello, specialist in Allergology and Clinical Immunology of Sant'Anna - “is extremely frequently correlated with pollen allergy and therefore is often found in adults suffering from allergic rhinitis. The allergic patient finds himself at this time of the year having to give up these products due to a series of annoying symptoms that appear when eating certain foods ".
Here why this phenomenon occurs. Experts explain that some plant-based allergens are very similar structurally to fruit allergens, so the immune system recognizes both of them as foreign.
For example, the allergen of birch is almost the same as that of apple. In more severe cases of allergy, hypotension, difficulty in breathing and anaphylactic shock may occur, which can be fatal.
La solution to the problem? In some cases, it may be enough to treat fruit and vegetables with one short cooking or with the lemon juice. These measures, as experts explain, alter the allergenic molecule making it harmless.
Even in this case, however, some risks may remain, given that fruit allergies could be linked not only to common allergens, but also to protein, which are not altered by lemon juice or cooking. This is the case, for example, ofpeach allergy.
Experts advise patients to undergo a test to check your type and degree of allergy and to know precisely what are the foods to avoid, so as not to take any chances.
More than 120 foods have been indicated as allergenic and among the more frequent causes of food reactions we find milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, walnuts, fish and shellfish. In children, the foods that trigger allergies may be different than in adults: in this case we are talking above all of wheat, milk and eggs.
Le allergies to fruits or vegetables often instead they appear as adults. If you experience any suspicious symptoms after consuming raw fruit or vegetables, the advice is to consult your doctor right away.
Marta Albè
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