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The fruit that will sneeze

Pollini and food: there are many people who "react badly 'to both. With burning in mouth and sneezing


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LONDON - Time a month and it is spring. Dark period for those suffering from the 'oral allergy syndrome', which covers more than half of all allergic to food: an allergy "double "fruit and vegetables and some pollen that gives burning on the tongue, swollen lips sneezing, tears. Those who suffer from this syndrome can not eat certain fruits and vegetables (such as peaches, nectarines and tomatoes) and problems in the open air, if there are nearby birch trees, grasses or composite such as artemisia and ambrosia. According to data submitted in recent days in Venice during the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Italians are about twice as allergic one million and eight and a half million Europeans. If you are allergic

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list of foods - "The combined plant and pollen allergy is a reaction due to" crusade "of allergenic proteins present in trees and grass allergens are in fact common some edible plants. Unfortunately, the list of foods that give cross-reactions with pollen is stretching more and more and now includes several tropical fruits - says Maria Antonella Muraro, Congress president and head of the Centre for the study and treatment of allergy and food intolerance University of Padova -. The worst time for these patients is spring, when the symptoms of hay fever are more pronounced: in those who have oral allergy syndrome reactions to food are usually mild, but if you add tears and sneezing due to pollen from the discomfort is not little. " It is curious to find out that every European country is a world apart: an Anglo-Saxon countries are allergic to pollen three does not tolerate nuts, walnuts or peanuts, the rest of Europe it is fresh produce and create many problems. Peaches and apricots are the fruits less tolerated by the Italians and Spaniards, Germans and French have more trouble from apples, celery and fennel cause allergies especially the Dutch and the Swiss.

DIFFERENCES - "This diversity depends on exposure of different populations in different types of pollen from different dietary habits and the profile of allergens in fruits and vegetables of different origins - clarifies Muraro -. In Northern Europe, in addition, allergy to food is often secondary to pollen and symptoms usually are limited to itching or burning sensation while eating the fruit; Eastern Mediterranean instead raise the awareness of many proteins of the fruit which is then associated or not the pollen. The symptoms in some cases may be more serious when the plant is consumed "indicted" by the swelling of the mouth can get to the anaphylactic shock and respiratory distress. " The studies presented in Venice warn women: 60 percent of food allergy concerns on gender. "This probably occurs because estrogen promote vulnerability to diseases involving the immune system," said the allergy.

Alice Vigna
February 23, 2011