Hi All,
my wife was diagnosed with Lupus 6 years ago and she has since been diagnosed with sooooo many other health conditions, so i feel for everyone who has Lupus, as it can be so debilitating.
So food allergies.
My wife is allergic to latex, which was confirmed during a stay in hospital, however what we didn't realise is that latex protein can be found in many foods, such as apple, avocado, banana, carrot, celery, chestnut, kiwi, melons, papaya, raw potato and tomato. So basically all of the foods my wife enjoyed, however it wasn't until she ate a banana about 6 months ago and almost instantly falred that we checked for online for banana allergy and found the link.
Since then she has avoided all of the foods on the list and only on the very rare occassion when we didn't realise a food product contained one of them, she has not had any flares.
Her flare, would typically be a facial butterfly rash, muscle aches, stomach pain, fatigue etc..
I thought i would post this, as you have to look at all possibilities to help reduce flaring
Just one annoying element, was why the Doctors did not advise on foods being linked to latex allergy? it is online and easy to find. So a thanks to Google....again
thanks
RH