This time itchiness turned to swelling: my lips got puffy and I struggled to swallow. Once, however, I ravenously ate a whole peach. If I craved the juicy goodness, I’d eat the fruits anyhow – since the itch always went away. Sometimes I got an intense itch in my mouth and throat, sometimes it was minor. But they did stop giving me the troublesome fruits.īy my late teens, I started trying these fruits again, in small amounts. Because they couldn’t see a problem, my parents thought I was just fussing. Then it happened again, and with different fruits. As my mother couldn’t see anything on my tongue, she assumed I was trying to get out of eating the fruit. I remember eating apples as a youngster with no problems, but then one day, my tongue got really itchy afterward. But bake them in a pie and I can eat to my heart’s content, without so much as a tingle. When I eat uncooked fruits like apples, cherries, pears and my beloved peaches, they all cause itching. I know the raw versus cooked issue first-hand. “When you eat the fruit raw, it’s your own body’s heat that breaks down the protein, which is why the reaction doesn’t move beyond the mouth, says Keith. Paul Keith, an associate professor of allergy and clinical immunology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. “Typically we see OAS in people allergic to heat labile protein, which means those proteins easily destroyed by heat,” explains Dr. OAS sufferers react to raw fruit, but are usually able to eat the same food cooked without a problem. Bruce Mazer, director of the division of allergy and immunology at Montreal Children’s Hospital and an associate professor at McGill University. “For the majority of people, this is not a real life-threatening problem like true food allergies,” explains Dr.
Just enough time to make a person go a bit crazy.įor me, the itching can be counteracted by eating a neutral substance such as bread or by drinking water. Those of us with the condition usually develop symptoms within minutes of eating the food, and they typically dissipate in less than 15 minutes. In more serious reactions, there may be swelling of the mouth, back of the throat and windpipe as well as hives. The symptoms include itching and burning of the lips, mouth and throat. OAS (also known as pollen-food syndrome) is an allergic reaction to certain proteins in a variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts. That bane of the fruit-loving, Oral Allergy Syndrome, has kicked in.
Tingling becomes itching: there is no stranger feeling than an itchy tongue. First on my tongue, then throughout my mouth and my throat. I rub the fuzz lightly on my lips before taking a big, juice-dripping bite. From this popular archived article, our writer describes how she misses crisp, raw fruit.ĬRADLING a fresh, succulent peach in my hands, I take in its tantalizing aroma. Photo: Getty A life with OAS means only cooked or baked fruit.
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