Mango allergy problems are caused by a reaction to Urushiol. This substance is found in the sap of mangos. It causes a severe rash, just the same as poison ivy.
This is because poison ivy also contains urushiol.
Mango allergies are often noticed soon after eating a mango. Typical mango allergy symptoms are blisters around the mouth and severe itching. This usually takes several hours to develop, so you many not realize that your symptoms are caused by a mango allergy.
Some time ago, I wrote an article about poison ivy on this website. It now has many comments about mango allergies, because the article mentions that urushiol is also found in mangos.
Find out more about mango allergy and join in on the comments (or you can add comments to this article if you prefer).
Mango Allergy Management
If you have a mild mango allergy, you may be able to avoid symptoms by washing the mango with soap and water before hadling them.
Do not eat the skin.
Do not scrape the flesh off of the skin.
Avoid the mango pulp near the skin.
If you continue to get mango allergy symptoms, you will have to avoid them completely. Hopefully the above tips will help you continue to enjoy mangos without allergy symptoms.
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I have this to i went to the doctor to see what it was bc i have eaten mangoes before and have neve gotten any reactions so the docter thought that it was impetigo which looks similer to this rash i have now then i got it again a month later and relized that it was mangoes…if you are having this rash thats really itchy and irritable and red and burns you skin is probally allergic to Urushiol. I have been putting ice on it all the time it helps alot… and you can get a cream.
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