The following symptoms and complaints may indicate a latex allergy:
- Asthmatic complaints
- Runny nose (running nose; watery secretion).
- Contact urticaria – hives that occur after direct contact with the latex.
- Contact eczema in the type IV reaction.
Allergy to natural latex can cause a cross-reaction (cross-allergy) with foods and plants:
Food
- Avocado
- Banana
- Buckwheat
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Papaya
- Paprika
- Passion fruit
- Peach
- Raw potato
- Celery
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
Plants
- Birch fig (Ficus benjamini)
- Christ thorn
- Rubber tree
- Hemp
- Periwinkle
- Chestnut
- Coral spurge
- Mulberry
- Oleander
- Poinsettia
