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Have had strawberry daiquiri in past, but recently had a few drinks of one and face started burning and got hives? new allergy to strawberries?

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Dr. Michael P Vaughn answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Food allergy: The development of allergic antibodies requires the exposure to the food and can develop after years of a food consumption without allergic symptoms. Rarely, food reactive antibodies may develop from cross-reactions with other non-food allergens. A good example of cross-reactivity would be melon allergy in ragweed allergic persons or banana allergy in someone with latex allergy.

Answered 6/4/2013

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