I could die if I eat a single bite of fruit or veg… my allergies are so bad I haven’t touched them since I was 7

A WOMAN has not eaten most fruit or veg in 20 years — as a single bite could kill her.

Recruitment consultant Chloe Raisbeck, 27, was diagnosed with oral allergy syndrome in January 2005 after her lips swelled up while eating a peach at school.

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She has developed a “fear of eating”, carries an EpiPen and even makes her boyfriend brush his teeth if he’s eaten anything green.

Chloe, a recruitment consultant from Solihull, West Midlands, said: “My allergies came out of nowhere.

“I was able to eat fruit and vegetables normally with no symptoms.

“But since taking a bite of that peach, my relationship with food has changed.

“If I eat any of my five-a-day, I develop swollen lips, an itchy throat, and lumps in my mouth.

“I’m lucky my symptoms aren’t too bad, but every time I eat, there’s a constant fear.

“It has made eating very difficult - and I’ll have to rely on giving myself multivitamins every day to treat my allergies.”

However, Chloe has this year managed to eat raspberries.

She added: “I will be allergic to those foods for the rest of my life.

“So I’m trying to reintroduce stuff that I’ve been so scared of eating.

“Over the next few years, I hope to have more varied diets and that I can eat more things.

“But for now, I’m going to take it slow, one bite at a time.”

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