Avocado is a food that can cause allergic reactions in people who are hypersensitive to certain components contained in it.
There are two main forms of avocado allergy:
- that of flower pollen, which causes local signs in the mouth and throat shortly after eating avocado
- the related one linked to latex hypersensitivity (in English, known as "latex-fruit syndrome") and causes symptoms such as generalized urticaria, abdominal pain, vomiting and, at worst, anaphylactic shock.
