Risk Factors for Person Having Latex Allergy

 

Source of natural rubber: Hevea brailiensis tree

 

Risk factors:

(1) healthcare worker with significant exposure to latex products

(2) industrial worker handling latex or making latex products

(3) history of multiple operations, especially to repair congenital anomalies

(4) history of certain food allergies

(5) history of atopy

(6) history of reacting to a latex-containing product

 

Food allergies that may be associated with latex allergy:

(1) avacado

(2) banana

(3) celery

(4) cherry

(5) chestnut

(6) fig

(7) kiwi

(8) melon

(9) nectarine

(10) papaya

(11) peach

(12) pineapple

(13) plum

(14) potato

(15) tomato

 

where:

• The history of reacting to a latex-containing product was not in the original listing.