[coolgeek]

FWIW, I've never before heard of anyone allergic to figs - or to any fruit. So I suspect that it is a rare dysfunction. The unusual nature and the mild reaction make your situation non-obvious. The link to wasps (noted by others) adds an additional potential dimension.

I know one person that is allergic to chocolate, as well as to "Christmas trees" (don't know whether it's all pines or only some pines). Other than that, all the food allergy cases I know of fall into the common categories - dairy, poultry, shellfish, nuts/legumes...

Now that I think about it, I have to wonder if the "soapy" cilantro phenomenon is a mild allergy. But that's also correlated to the "supertaster" phenomenon.

Sensory phenomena are fascinatingly complex.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

I think it started with the milky sap of the fig tree, actually.

A reaction to that is quite common

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30745641/

https://www.livestrong.com/article/546672-fig-allergies/

[coolgeek]

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