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Allergy to bananas
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Allergy to bananas is rare. Among the known food allergens, bananas are referred to as a medium allergenic group that causes cross reactions that spread to other products, for example - peach, watermelon. Where does the allergy to bananas come from? Why does the immune system perceive useful fruits as hostile to the body? In general, is there an allergy to bananas?
Allergy to bananas, according to doctors, can be, like any other food product. Doctors do not advise eating bananas to people suffering from varicose veins, high weight (in bananas, a lot of calories) and children under three years old. This fruit should be excluded from the diet for people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke, as well as with increased coagulability of blood. To the fact, in a disease such as thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the vein wall with the formation of a thrombus), fruits are contraindicated, since they can aggravate the patient's condition. Bananas excrete liquid from the body perfectly, cause thickening of blood, which is dangerous for people suffering from coronary heart disease.
[Symptoms of allergy to bananas
An allergy to bananas is manifested by the itching of the skin, which spreads to the oral cavity, the larynx, the zone of the lips. Symptoms include a disruption of the gastrointestinal tract - abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting. Some patients have a prolonged runny nose, swelling of the oral and nasal mucosa.
Allergy to bananas is recognized as dangerous if the immune system of the body mistakenly reduces pressure, which leads to anaphylactic shock. If you notice dizziness, a rare pulse, with sudden loss of consciousness, you should immediately call for emergency medical attention.
The cause of allergic manifestations in bananas is covered in serotonin, which in this fruit is huge. At the first symptoms it is necessary to exclude food stimulating the production of serotonin by the body: walnut, persimmon, pineapple, etc.
When an allergy to bananas does not go away even after the course of treatment with antihistamines while stopping eating exotic fruit, this may indicate a violation of the functions of the liver, intestines, pancreas and other internal organs. In this situation, the allergy is the crown of all diseases, a kind of signal about the need to "adjust" the work of internal systems.
The term "contrived allergies" to bananas is found. This is possible with any food product, because of which once there was a poisoning. Symptoms of poisoning and allergies have similar signs. So, with the subsequent banana diet can actually appear allergic to bananas. The organism, performing the function of protection, will not accept a banana delicacy.
Allergy to bananas in children
Are allergies to bananas in children? Kids are very vulnerable to allergens. Not yet strong, the children's immune system is not always able to withstand the aggressive factors of the environment. The child's organism shows a violent reaction to various allergens, among which bananas are no exception.
Allergy to bananas in children occurs more often. After all, bananas are delivered to our country as green, unripe. For several days they are treated with special chemicals, gases in enclosed spaces, where the fruit "ripen". It becomes obvious that this banana will do more harm than good. It was, unfortunately, impossible to determine whether one or the other batch was subjected to similar processing by external characteristics.
When the child first meets the banana pulp, give him a small piece of fruit. With a good tolerability of the product, without the presence of allergic manifestations, you can feed your baby a whole banana.
Symptoms of banana allergy in a child
Allergy to bananas in children causes redness, inflammation of the skin. Digestive disorders for babies - a rarity. Only a small number of patients of child age experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach pain.
When the first signs of an allergy to bananas appear, the product should be removed from the diet. The treatment is carried out with antihistamine group medications. In order to get rid of the allergen as quickly as possible, use "enterosorbent", which absorbs and removes harmful substances from the body. Children under 7 years are given 5 grams, from 8 to 14 years - 7.5 grams course from 3 to 15 days.
Allergy to bananas in children can pass with age, and the child will be able to calmly eat fruit. Appeared allergy to bananas in adulthood, often, remains forever.
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Preventing allergies to bananas
The human diet should be balanced, in all good sense of proportion. Do not get involved in fashionable diets with a banana diet, which increases the availability of serotonin in the body, which is a "hormone of happiness."
Determine which of the allergens you are developing allergies is very difficult. When the first symptoms appear, doctors recommend excluding highly allergenic foods such as fish, citrus fruits, milk, etc. If the allergy has not receded, stop eating foods of the middle allergenic group: meat, berries, cereals, bananas, etc.
Preventive measure and a means of maintaining the body in a difficult period is a sequence. Used in the form of a decoction. The healing effect increases with the use of lotions and herbal baths. It is better to apply the sequence collected during the current year.
Can bananas be used for allergies?
The answer to this question is best discussed with your allergist, who should make up for you an individual list of allowed products. To new products should be treated with due attention, there are them under the supervision of someone from family members.
The list of prohibited products includes: smoked, fried, fish, seafood, spicy and spicy dishes, ketchup, mushrooms, nuts, citrus fruits, apricot, peach, melon, watermelon and many others.
To the allowed include: sour-milk products, cereals (except manga), lean meat, green apples, gooseberries, etc.
In the period of exacerbation of allergic reactions, bananas should be restricted in eating, as they can cause a cross allergy and "switch" to other fruits.
The diet lasts from 7 to 10 days, after which the doctor allows you to switch to hypoallergenic food with the exception of a specific allergen, which is dangerous for your body.
Allergy to bananas is found in the modern world, but do not forget about the irreplaceable properties of the fruit. People with an active way of life bananas give energy and a burst of vitality. Banana is rich in pectins, contains sugar, helps assimilate hydrocarbons contained in other products. The fruit contains a large number of vitamins: sodium, iron, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. These elements are necessary for the normal functioning of the brain, improve blood composition, are important in the formation of bone and muscle tissue in childhood.
Known are the medicinal properties of bananas, which help people with liver and kidney diseases. Patients with stomach ulcers note a significant improvement in well-being when using bananas. In themselves, bananas rarely cause allergic reactions. The cause of allergies can be the abuse of this product.
In any case, the appearance of allergic reactions, including an allergy to bananas - is an occasion to consult a doctor.