My dad had/has(?) adult-onset allergies. Used to be he could eat shrimp, just couldn’t peel them. Now he can’t eat them, avacados, and is allergic to latex as well. (I’m sure there are other things he now has to avoid but those are the ones I can remember.) Poor guy has to carry the epi-pens with him.
Well if he is allergic to latex you might want to test for a sensitivity to Bananas
I have a friend who started off with an allergy to latex as a nurse. Her allergies snowballed from there. I think her non-allergies at last count were NOT to cottage cheese, rice, some meats, and some chocolates. Yet, she doesn’t let this keep her from living life fully and doesn’t inconvenience anyone else over it.
Is your dad Catholic? Most devout Catholics are allergic to Latex.
Shrimp is on my no-no list, too. The funny thing is that I hated shrimp when I was a little kid, grew to like them, and then noticed my chest and throat tightening one day when I was eating them. I am allergic to about a dozen other things, too, now but shrimp is the one that scares me. I am in my 30s and most of these allergies have only developed in the last five to ten years. Latex bothers me, too, but very ripe or cooked bananas don’t.