I just wanted to add, for those who might be dealing with babies who
have latex allergies, that latex allergy is directly linked to banana
allergy.  My mother and I both have anaphylactic reactions to banana
(don't even have to eat it, just be in the same room with an open one),
as well as pretty bad reactions to latex.  I didn't know about the
connection until an allergist recently told me about it.  So if you know
of a baby with a latex sensitivity, and you also give information about
good first foods for babies (of which banana is commonly used) you might
consider the latex/banana connection.

Tammy Schilling

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> I have been in the hospital twice in the past 2 weeks with respiratory
> distress from latex exposures at physical therapy. The latex exercise bands
> the therapists use were the culprit. Even though they are not used in my
> therapy, the particles from previous sessions cling to the therapist"s hair
> and clothes, and apparently over the past 6 months I have developed a
> sensitivity enough to trigger severe reactions. The facility is now working
> very hard to get rid of the latex products because the Medical DIrector
> pointed out that not only was it a hazard to the patients but the therapists
> are being sensitized every day. So I would like to remind every one working
> in health care facilities that using latex gloves around babies can be the
> start of allegic problems for some babies. I have seen the baby photographer
> and the hearing screening technician putting a gloved finger in a baby's
> mouth to get the baby to calm down. Latex is becoming more and more of a
> common allergy and I hope that getting this message out can help slow it
> down.
>
> Barb Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC
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