Pat,
A LC/Nutritionist I know told me years ago that she never suggests
banana's as first food for infant's due to this possible latex allergy. Below is
one resource about fruit-latex allergies and why there is a connection. I
don't know what the outcome would be for this child but I wonder if he was
exposed to latex since birth due to pacifers or bottle nipples with latex.
_www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12440950_
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12440950)
Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
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