The following foods are have allergy cross-reactivity with these environmental and other food allergens.[1]
Pollen-Fruit/Vegetable Cross Reactivity
Pollens |
Cross-reactivity with food |
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Ragweed Pollen |
- Fruits: banana, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew & watermelon), persimmon
- Vegetables: cucumber, tomato, zucchini, pumpkin
- Herbs / Spices: Chamomile tea extract (Matricaria recutita
- Other: latex
|
Birch Pollen |
- Fruits: apple, apricot, cherry, kiwi, lychee fruit, nectarine orange, peach, pear, persimmon, plum, strawberry
- Vegetables: carrot, celery, parsnip, potato, zucchini
- Herbs / Spices: Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Parsley (Petroselinum hortense)
- Nuts and seeds: almond, hazelnut
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Alder Pollen |
- Fruits: apple, apricot, cherry, kiwi, nectarine, orange, peach, pear, persimmon, plum
- Vegetables: carrot, celery, white potato
- Herbs / Spices: Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Parsley (Petroselinum hortense)
- Nuts and seeds: almon, hazelnut
|
Grass Pollen |
- Fruits: kiwi, melon, orange, peach
- Vegetables: celery, Swiss chard, tomato, potato, buckwheat, wheat
- Herbs / Spices: Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
- Nuts and seeds: peanut
- Other: Latex
|
Mugwort Pollen |
- Fruits: apple, kiwi, melon
- Vegetables: carrot, celery, lettuce
- Herbs / Spices: anise seeds, Caraway seeds (Carum carvi), Chamomile tea extract (Matricaria recutita, Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), cumin extract, Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Parsley (Petroselinum hortense)
- Nuts and seeds: almond, hazelnut, peanut, pistachio, sunflower seed, poppy seed
- Other: honey, latex
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Hazel Tree |
Nuts and seeds: hazelnut, hazelnut husks
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Other Cross Reactivity
Other Allergens |
Cross-reactivity with food |
|
Latex |
- Fruits: apple, banana, cherry, kiwi, melon (cantaloupe, honeydew, muskmelon), papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, tomato
- Vegetables: avocado, carrot, celery, white potato
- Nuts and seeds: almond, chestnut, hazelnut
|
Cow's milk |
- Meat: sheep, lamb, goat, buffalo
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Beef |
- Dairy: cow's milk
- Meat: lamb, pork
- Other: cat dander
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Pork |
- Dairy: cow's milk
- Meat: beef
- Other: cat epithelia, dog dander
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Chicken Egg |
- Eggs: duck, goose, seagull and turkey egg
- Other: pet bird dander, avian feathers and meat
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Crustacean |
- Fish: mollusks (abalone, clam, mussel, oyster, scallop, squid)
- Other: dust mite, cockroach
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Dog |
- Meat: cat, horse, pork
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Dust Mite |
- Fish: lobster, snail and shrimp
- Other: cockroach and other insects
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Mold |
- Baker's or Brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisia), Candida albicans, raw mushroom
- Other: latex (Hevea brasiliensis), Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
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References
- ↑ US BioTek Laboratories Inc. Settle WA.