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He is only allergic to apples, apple products and fresh peaches.  He is too young to take asprin so I wouldn’t know about that one.  He has had the skin pricks on the back twice (they showed nothing).  We treat him as though they were positive to apples and peaches and he has an epi-pen.  I wouldn’t put him through the tests again unless something new showed up. Robin

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In article <11-09-1996.1…@ftn.net>, burg…@ftn.net says… > :I am new to posting so please excuse me if this has already been > talked about.  All the allergists that I have talked with said that > apples could not cause an anaphalaxis reaction.  My son also has an > apple allergy and asthma.  

I have a similar allergy to raw apples (and several other raw fruits). Do the doctors give a rationale for their conclusion?  I’d be fascinated to hear it since it differs with my experience.  Although I’m not EXTREMELY sensitive to raw apples (minute quantities don’t bother me), if I ate, say, two bites of an apple my lips, throat and tongue would immediately start swelling.  The last time I did that, when I was a teenager, I immediately took a few Benadryls and was okay…but let’s just say I haven’t tried it since. >He has never fit the mold of the normal > allergic patient if there is one.  When tested, he doesn’t even show > that he is allergic.  

Until I was in my 20s, my allergies did not show up on the skin tests.   After that, they were fairly accurate but still variable, especially for the foods as opposed to the pollens etc.  The last round I had, before starting immunotherapy, made me look for a week as though my back had been whipped.  I don’t know why the tests were so inaccurate when I was younger; my allergies didn’t change very much since that time. Hope this helps, Margot Ferguson

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:I am new to posting so please excuse me if this has already been talked about.  All the allergists that I have talked with said that apples could not cause an anaphalaxis reaction.  My son also has an apple allergy and asthma.  He has never fit the mold of the normal allergic patient if there is one.  When tested, he doesn’t even show that he is allergic.  He only has to have a minute amount and he will break out in hives/eczema.  Within the next 24 hrs after exposure, he will also start to have problems with his asthma.  I am glad that there was a posting about the problems with the apple allergies as I was starting to let my guard down – feeling like I was overreacting. :R. Burgess

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Robin Burgess wrote: > :I am new to posting so please excuse me if this has already been > talked about.  All the allergists that I have talked with said that > apples could not cause an anaphalaxis reaction.  

Your allergists need to talk to my allergists. Yes, it is possible for apples to cause anaphylaxis. Joan

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Robin Burgess wrote: > He is only allergic to apples, apple products and fresh peaches.  He is > too young to take asprin so I wouldn’t know about that one.  He has had > the skin pricks on the back twice (they showed nothing).  We treat him > as though they were positive to apples and peaches and he has an > epi-pen.  I wouldn’t put him through the tests again unless something > new showed up. > Robin

Consider the possibility that he may be reacting to something with which the apples and pears are treated.  That would explain why no reaction to skin prick tests. I thought I was reacting to apples for a long time, then discovered that my reation was to the wax coating added to them (of course, as usual, there was no label or indication anywhere that a wax coating had been added.)   If I peel the apple or use something to wash off the coating I don’t get the problem (unless I eat a large number of washed ones – evidently the washing does not COMPLETELY remove the coating). jdbar…@cphl.mindspring.com

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burg…@ftn.net (Robin Burgess) writes: >  All the allergists that I have talked with said that > apples could not cause an anaphalaxis reaction.  My son also has an > apple allergy and asthma.  He has never fit the mold of the normal > allergic patient if there is one.  When tested, he doesn’t even show > that he is allergic.  He only has to have a minute amount and he will > break out in hives/eczema.  Within the next 24 hrs after exposure, he > will also start to have problems with his asthma.

Apples contain fairly large amounts of salicylate, which is implicated in a lot of cases of allergic asthma.  If this is responsible, your son will also be allergic to aspirin, food colourings (tartrazine in particular), and quite a lot of other fruits, notably kiwifruit but NOT strawberries. Does this pattern fit? Whatever, get some tests done (both IgE and IgG). ————————————————————————— — Jack Campin                                             j…@purr.demon.co.uk T/L, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE, Scotland       (+44) 131 556 5272 ———————  Save Scunthorpe from Censorship  ———————

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I am allergic to apples only when the skin is still on.  If I remove the skin, I have no problems.  I have been told it could be the pesticides I am allergic to that cling to the wax of the apple. Joan Marie Verba <verba…@maroon.tc.umn.edu> wrote in article <3287C208.6…@maroon.tc.umn.edu>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have apple allergies as well. > My allergist told me that apple allergy is related to certain pollen > allergies. > Joan

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Apple allergy is related to pollen allergies. People with certain pollen allergies will also be allergic to apples (and other fruits). Joan

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I have apple allergies as well. My allergist told me that apple allergy is related to certain pollen allergies. Joan

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