If your mouth itches after eating mango, you may be allergic to mango!

Mango is a fruit with a strong aroma, sweet and sour taste, and rich nutritional value. It is also a fruit loved by many people. However, mango is also a food that can easily cause allergies in people. Generally speaking, an itchy mouth after eating mango is one of the symptoms of a mango allergy. Below, we will analyze in detail the symptoms, causes and solutions of mango allergy for your reference!

1. Symptoms of mango allergy

1. People who are allergic to mangoes often experience redness, swelling and itching around their mouths after eating or touching mangoes. Symptoms of mango allergy: facial redness, swelling and inflammation. The most typical symptom of mango allergy is facial redness and swelling. When the facial skin comes into direct contact with these allergenic substances, it will cause allergies. Redness, swelling and pain in the eyes. People who are allergic to mangoes usually first experience redness, swelling and inflammation of the face, which may progress to redness, swelling and pain in the eyes within a few days.

3. Some people also experience numb lips and itchy throat. After eating mangoes, allergic symptoms such as redness and swelling of the lips and rash appear. Not only are they itchy and painful, but in severe cases, blisters may also appear. This is mango dermatitis, which usually occurs 2-48 hours after contact or consumption of mangoes. After the onset of the disease, the main manifestations are acute dermatitis changes, with symptoms of edema of the lips, erythema around the mouth and cheeks, papules, and papulovesicles. Severe skin lesions may affect the ears, neck, upper limbs, back of the hands and other parts, with edematous erythema and maculopapular rashes. Patients feel a burning sensation and varying degrees of itching.

4. More serious symptoms include large red spots on the lips, around the mouth, ears, and neck.

5. There may even be mild edema, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. Vomiting and diarrhea A very small number of people will experience diarrhea and vomiting after eating mangoes. This is a reaction of the gastrointestinal tract of allergic people to the allergenic substances in mangoes, such as fruit acids and proteins.

2. Causes of mango allergy

Mangoes contain fruit acids, amino acids, various proteins and other substances that irritate the skin. In addition, unripe mangoes also contain aldehyde acid, which can irritate the skin and mucous membranes and cause allergies.

Most people who are allergic to mangoes have allergic constitutions and generally have low immunity. For example, some children are prone to allergic dermatitis after eating mangoes. This is mainly because children eat fruit in a "face-washing" manner, that is, when eating fruit, it is easy for the juice to get on their faces and bodies. In addition, children have thinner skin and poorer resistance, so their chances of suffering from fruit rash are much higher than adults.

Since mangoes grow in poor conditions and are sprayed with pesticides, the harmful chemicals in the pesticides may also cause mango allergies.

3. Solutions for mango allergy

1. When many people are allergic to mangoes, they rush to the hospital or pharmacy to buy some anti-allergic ointments and tablets to relieve the symptoms. However, the allergic symptoms will occur again the next time they eat mangoes. Repeated use of anti-allergic drugs will bring many side effects, and severe ones may lead to dependent dermatitis. So it is not recommended.

2. When eating, cut the mango into small pieces, or use a blender to make it into a paste and eat it with a straw. In short, try to minimize the contact between mango and skin. Wash your hands immediately after peeling the mango.

3. After the allergic symptoms appeared, I used pearl powder for dry compress and found the effect to be quite good. Although the effect was not immediate, it had the effect of relieving itching and astringing. Also, my allergy tends to be more like eczema, so ointments and liquid medicines don't seem to be suitable.