I just spent yesterday in the ER after taking an ambulance from eating paw paws that I spent quite a lot to have shipped to me in Austin. It took an IV of steroids, Benadryl, and Pepcid (which, I learned is also a histamine agonist) to right the ship, but I horrible horrible burning eyes—like FIRE—and a terrible sharp tummy ache, and then I called 911 when my left side started stiffening up—-first my arm, neck and shoulder, then my leg. I’ll be on that cocktail of drugs for the next week.
By the way, the Lewis & Clark expedition was waylaid by paw paw sickness too!
I have no other food allergies & only have average, mild hay fever & cedar fever (a Central TX specialty) in their seasons here.
I’ve never tried cherimoya or soursop, which are in the family, and… now I never will! But I love fruits generally and actually am a bit of a collector of fruit experiences——such as food foraging hike through St. John’s in the Virgin Islands.
Anyhoo—be careful out there! They taste yummy and look harmless, but they can be very very bad news!!
