Banana allergy?

Yes, absolutely. Banana allergies do happen.

In fact, you may want to be somewhat cautious of latex as well and bring this up with your doctor. Supposedly allergies to latex and banana are closely related, and there's a risk that if you have one you also have (or will develop) the other.

Latex allergies are a big deal because they can be dangerous, and because of things like latex gloves that are sometimes used in the medical profession. You don't want someone handling you with latex gloves if you're allergic to it.

Kiwi is in that grouping too.

Banana's, latex, kiwi, passion fruit, avocado, chestnut, melon, tomato and celery all have similar cross reactive proteins so if you do in fact have an allergy proceed with caution.

I have an allergy to the protein in bananas if they are too close to the green stage, but if they are really ripe I do not react, I also have severe reactions to latex, kiwi and chestnuts but no reaction to avocado, melon tomato and celery, go figure.

My daughter used to eat bananas, but now, they give her a horrible stomach ache. I thought it was weird, since she ate them since she was a baby(she's 13 now). She won't go near the raw ones. Banana bread and banana chips don't affect her, though. Wonder if something is destroyed in the cooking/drying process? I'll look into the latex, and kiwi allergy. Good to know ahead of time! Thanks!

It's absolutely possible. I would ask, though, how do you handle other sugary foods? Having a digestive system that protests to sugary things in general is also not that uncommon....

Banana's and Pineapple's are from the same family, I was told that I should avoid pineapple since I have an allergy to Banana's. So not surprising you are reacting to both of them.

bananas are one of the most over rated foods out there. If you can't eat them because of an allergy or think they taste bad, dont think twice about it.

Poor thing, I love bananas they are one of my favorite healthy snacks. Definately get it checked. I think any allergy, especially food allergies, really suck.

Poor thing, I love bananas they are one of my favorite healthy snacks. Definately get it checked. I think any allergy, especially food allergies, really suck.

why "poor thing"? it aint no big deal to be allergic to something. feeling sorry for ourselves because of a stupid allergy only makes it worse.

Honestly... you could have an allergy to any and everything nowadays, lol.... nothing surprises me anymore.

No joke!!! I'm allergic to pineapple (my favorite fresh fruit!) and latex, but I don't have a reaction to bananas that I know of, I honestly don't eat them often enough or don't pay attention enough (sick all the time anyway) to tell.


My aunt is allergic to them, she is allergic to most things though

My weirdest allergies that I get all kinds of funny looks for are lavender and Aloe Vera!

I developed a pretty bad intolerance to bananas 3 years ago. Like, I could not eat anything for the remainder of the day if I had a banana. It was most likely because I had a stomach infection that made my gut inflamed (yeast related). I avoided raw bananas for 3 years but could eat cooked banana in something like pudding or bread once in a while.

It got a lot better after I gave up most fruit for a while (the infection) although I still ate a few servings of sugary food a day. I actually have been dying to try eating a banana again, and I just ate one without horrible pain..so it might go away for you if you heal a stomach problem if you have one.

On a related note, I actually had a less severe allergy to bananas for a short period of time 10 years ago despite having eaten bananas since I was a baby (go figure). At that time I just had bad stomach pain but could eat after a couple hours. It is funny it developed at the same time the other blogger stated her family member's developed--around age 14 for me. At that age I actually put myself on a very low fat diet and just ate margarine on bread and vegetable oils on salad and low fat meat... it seemed to go away after I started eating more cheese--so if you don't have enough healthy fats in your diet that make your enzymes to digest food that might do it too.

Poor thing, I love bananas they are one of my favorite healthy snacks. Definately get it checked. I think any allergy, especially food allergies, really suck.

why "poor thing"? it aint no big deal to be allergic to something. feeling sorry for ourselves because of a stupid allergy only makes it worse.

Can't it just suck to be allergic to something that you enjoy?

For what it's worth, it might not be specifically the bananas--it might be Oral Allergy Syndrome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_allergy_syndrome

Basically, you might be reacting to pollen that gets mixed up with the fruit when it's growing. I always thought I was allergic to bananas because the inside of my mouth would feel all scratched up/sore after eating them. I occasionally experience the same symptoms after eating melon and finally got around to looking fruit allergies up online. It turns out that the reaction I have to melons sometimes falls under the same category as bananas in regards to OAS--I'm allergic to ragweed.

Banana's, latex, kiwi, passion fruit, avocado, chestnut, melon, tomato and celery all have similar cross reactive proteins so if you do in fact have an allergy proceed with caution.

I have an allergy to the protein in bananas if they are too close to the green stage, but if they are really ripe I do not react, I also have severe reactions to latex, kiwi and chestnuts but no reaction to avocado, melon tomato and celery, go figure.

Oh, I would cry if I were allergic to most of those foods

It's scary how the occurrence of allergies seems to be increasing as the years go by... The news had a segment on how everyone should have on hand and know how and when to operate an epi-pen.