Originally Posted by mzsooz
My allergist explained that the protein in a lot of the melons and vegetables are the same as in ragweed. So if you react to ragweed you will react to these. I'm allergic to ragweed and also
all melons
cucumbers
green peppers
and many others. I can eat the vegetables cooked because the dr said the cooking destroys the protein.
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Peppers are members of the nightshade family, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes and other peppers, sweet and hot peppers (including paprika, cayenne pepper and Tabasco sauce)
eggplant, ground cherries, tomatillos and tamarillos, garden huckleberry and naranjillas, pepinos and pimentos.
Some people have strong enough immune systems that they can eat some of these, some have more weakened immune systems and are hospital bound after one meal of one of these.
Depends on the person, but it can get worse as time goes on.
One of my cousins was violently allergic to Poison Ivy, and it took some digging to find out why he was so bothered by cashews, which are kin to Poison Ivy. Didn't bother others but they did irritate his throat.