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Strawberry Allergy
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Also known as: allergy to strawberries · strawberry intolerance · skin rash from strawberries · pseudo-allergy strawberry · fruit allergy strawberry · itching after strawberries · hives after strawberries · allergic reaction to strawberries · berry allergy · strawberry intolerance · rash after fruit
Your Body Is Speaking
A strawberry. A single, sweet, red fruit — and your body reacts as if it has been poisoned. The tongue tingles, the lips swell, the skin burns, sometimes the throat tightens. Something that for most people represents a small piece of summer becomes a danger for you.
Medically, your immune system is reacting to certain proteins in the strawberry — proteins that do other people no harm. That is the biochemical part of the story. But it does not explain why this fruit in particular. Why not the pear, the apple, the cherry? Why precisely the strawberry — this ancient symbol of pleasure, sweetness, innocent enjoyment?
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