Other plants that cause an allergic reaction
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Other plants that cause an allergic reaction
Some plants contain the same oil (urushiol) found in poison ivy, oak, or sumac, or they contain a substance that is similar enough to urushiol to cause a similar rash. Contact with these plants can make you allergic to urushiol so that future contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac will cause a rash, even if you never had previous contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac. These plants include:
- The ginkgo tree.
- The Japanese lacquer tree.
- Mangoes (the allergenic oil is in the fruit's rind and leaves).
- Cashews (the allergenic oil is in the shell).
- The Indian marking nut tree.
- Tropical silk oaks (sometimes grown as ornamental houseplants).
Credits
| Author | Colleen Cronin |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Last Updated | January 12, 2006 |
| Last updated: | January 12, 2006 |
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| Author: | Colleen Cronin |
| Reviewed By: | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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