Latex Allergies
11/11/03 23:51![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eredienPrisminawindow pointed me to a new lj community, "allergies." It's really helpful to have other people to gripe about latex sensitivity with.
I also found out the pleasant fact that these products contain latex:
Latex can be found in a variety of products used on a daily basis. For instance, toys, pacifiers, baby-bottle nipples, disposable diapers, teething rings, balloons, chewing gum, eye droppers, hot water bottles, rubber grips on tools, sports equipment, tires, rubber gloves, garden hoses, rubber bands, erasers, paint, condoms, diaphragms, douche bulbs, bandages, and medical tape all contain latex. Even tennis shoe soles, underwear leg and waist bands, socks, or clothes that have elastic contain latex.
And they left out "most lotions, suntan lotions, and anything with aloe, that contains natural latexes." Plus you can add "practically everything ever in a hospital." I didn't paste that list from about.com because it was way too long.
Also, annoyingly:
Cross-Reactive Allergens
There is a list of foods a latex sensitive person may have an allergic reaction to. They include bananas, avocados, chestnuts, kiwi fruit, apples, carrots, celery, papaya, kiwi, potatoes, tomatoes, melon, and possibly pears, peaches, cherries, pineapple, strawberries, figs, grapes, apricots, passion fruit, rye, hazel nuts, walnuts, soy beans, and peanuts.
Other cross-reactive allergens to latex include wheat, grass, ragweed, and mugwort.
The latex-sensitive individual is at a greater danger of anaphylactic food reactions than the general population, or even the atopic population. For this reason, it is suggested that a latex-sensitive individual be tested for food allergens.
So apparently I shouldn't really be eating any of the fruits I really like. How ridiculous. I haven't had any reactions to these yet and as they are healthier for me than, say, cake, until proven otherwise, I will keep eating them.
Stupid surgery as a baby, stupid job with latex gloves.
At least they are trying to make latex less prevalent in the workplace now in some areas.
Back to paper.
I also found out the pleasant fact that these products contain latex:
Latex can be found in a variety of products used on a daily basis. For instance, toys, pacifiers, baby-bottle nipples, disposable diapers, teething rings, balloons, chewing gum, eye droppers, hot water bottles, rubber grips on tools, sports equipment, tires, rubber gloves, garden hoses, rubber bands, erasers, paint, condoms, diaphragms, douche bulbs, bandages, and medical tape all contain latex. Even tennis shoe soles, underwear leg and waist bands, socks, or clothes that have elastic contain latex.
And they left out "most lotions, suntan lotions, and anything with aloe, that contains natural latexes." Plus you can add "practically everything ever in a hospital." I didn't paste that list from about.com because it was way too long.
Also, annoyingly:
Cross-Reactive Allergens
There is a list of foods a latex sensitive person may have an allergic reaction to. They include bananas, avocados, chestnuts, kiwi fruit, apples, carrots, celery, papaya, kiwi, potatoes, tomatoes, melon, and possibly pears, peaches, cherries, pineapple, strawberries, figs, grapes, apricots, passion fruit, rye, hazel nuts, walnuts, soy beans, and peanuts.
Other cross-reactive allergens to latex include wheat, grass, ragweed, and mugwort.
The latex-sensitive individual is at a greater danger of anaphylactic food reactions than the general population, or even the atopic population. For this reason, it is suggested that a latex-sensitive individual be tested for food allergens.
So apparently I shouldn't really be eating any of the fruits I really like. How ridiculous. I haven't had any reactions to these yet and as they are healthier for me than, say, cake, until proven otherwise, I will keep eating them.
Stupid surgery as a baby, stupid job with latex gloves.
At least they are trying to make latex less prevalent in the workplace now in some areas.
Back to paper.