Allergy to banana
Type 1 allergy mean that the people allergy to banana. It also name as contact allergy. There is a protein called chitinase, which can cause body can overreact and treat the protein as foreign body. The protein called chitinase also found in avocado and kiwi fruit.
History showed that the banana originated in Malaysia 4000 years ago before it spread to Philippines and India. Today bananas are grown in most tropical and subtropical regions around the world with the main commercial producers located in Central America.
Another chemical found in banana is serotonin, which symptom including cramping, flushing of the skin, headache, and heart palpitations. The severity of the symptoms is dependent on the amount the histamine like substance ingested and the lack of the histamine metabolizing enzyme diamine oxidase in your system.
Most reactions happened last less than a day and can involve a rash on the skin, cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, wheezing and coughing.
Allergy to banana
