Yesterday was not a good day. Abby stayed home sick. I had a lot of work to do. I basically had one day to write my business plan (so I procrastinated a little), which had to be ready to present today. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I’m not trying to convince bankers. I also had church last night, which meant a good chunk of the evening was gone.
It meant for a busy day, but not too bad. Then I had lunch.
A month or so back I went on a banana eating kick. I had one every day with breakfast and it felt good to actually be getting a one-fifth of my daily allotment of fruit. I’m not exactly a healthy eater. Then one day as I finished my banana I felt intensely sick. A stomach ache and cramps set in for the next 45 minutes. It was a good hour or two before I was back to normal. By that afternoon I felt fine. Rather freakish.
The next day the same thing happened. I decided to cut back on bananas, as in not eat them, and I haven’t had a problem.
Of course Abby’s made a few loaves of banana bread in the past month, and I’ve devoured them with no problem. So it’s not a total banana thing. Or maybe cooking bananas changes things.
At any rate, yesterday for lunch I went to Jamba Juice, the default sick-person food in our house. I always go for a Strawberries Wild, which is basically a strawberry and banana smoothie. After finishing three-quarters of smoothie the intense stomach ache and cramps hit me. Suddenly our house became a double-sickie home. Speak didn’t know who to lick more.
The pain subsided after an hour to the point where I could work, but I didn’t feel great. The cramps came back later in the afternoon, though it was shorter and less intense. By supper time I felt fine again, though that night I couldn’t sleep on my stomach. Not exactly a conducive afternoon for writing a business plan. Thankfully enough came together that I could squeak by, though I’ll have plenty of revisions.
So I guess that means bananas are out. They’re the only commonality that’s made me sick like this, though I can’t imagine why. Nothing else has ever had this kind of reaction for me. Is it possible to overdoes on bananas? And if it is, that’s just not fair. I try to be healthy and I get hit with a double whammy of suck.
And I liked bananas. It was healthy eating but they still tasted good. And I really liked Strawberries Wild at Jamba Juice. It’s the only flavor I ever order. Jamba Juice has suddenly lost all appeal.
So that was my bad day. Lying in bed next to my sick wife with a damp washcloth on my forehead and intense stomach pain, all while an incredible amount of work was due the next day. Yuck.
It’s really not that dramatic — it wasn’t that terrible of a day. But it wasn’t a good day by a longshot.
Update: It’s been more than a year since I wrote this entry on what could be banana allergies, and it’s racked up more than 50 comments. I’m thinking the comments are more helpful than my actual entry, but hopefully people are finding what they’re looking for.
Since it has been more than a year since I wrote this, I thought I should give an update. I haven’t had intense banana-related stomach cramps since, though I have eaten small quantities of bananas. Back in February I had half a banana with no dire consequences. A few weeks back my wife made a fruit salad with bananas, and over a couple days I ate the equivalent of a couple of bananas. No dire consequences.
My only conclusion has been that my stomach cramps were caused by consuming massive quantities of bananas in a short period. If I eat them every day, I get sick. But once in a while seems to be fine.
Of course I’m still a little hesitant when it comes to Jamba Juice.
I might have found the answer to our problem! Granted this article is discussing animals but surely the affects are the same for humans. Here’s a quote: “High potassium diets cause the muscular contractions of the gut to slow and this allows the gut to distend due to gas formation from the rapidly fermenting gut contents. The atonic gut increases in gas content and then torsions and displacements occur.” So the foods that are giving us problems (for me it’s bananas and avocados) are doing so because they’re high in potassium!
Here’s the website:
http://www.growersnutritional.com/pressreleases/epa/fatefulharvest/swerczek1/swerczek1.html
I’m really glad I came across this. I too began experiencing intense stomach pains in my early 20s. I narrowed it down to bananas shortly thereafter. I love bananas and truly miss my rice krispies with banana slices, but I haven’t eaten them in over 4 years. The pain is so bad, its not worth it to me. Recently though, I have started experiencing the same type of pain with other foods as well, and I’m thinking it may be onion. Yet another food I love that I will have to live without…
I went looking because yesterday I spent about 2 hours battling sever upper stomach cramps and nausea after eating breakfast witha banana. I have noticed that after I eat a banana in the past my mouth would get soar and my throat. It just follows that the stomach would get soar as well. I have even said in the past” I think I’m having a reaction to potassium” misspelled?….after eating banana. I tried somthing one time. I took a potassium tablet and chewed it up…same exact symptoms…Burning cramps etc. And so..I think there is a potassium link. Any others think the same??
I think sore is spelled sore….sorry…lol
Oh, thank god. I’m so happy I found this page.
A few days ago, I got cramps and indigestion after having some milk and a banana (it lasted about an hour), and then the same thing happened to me again today. I thought at first that maybe I had become lactose intolerant, but I’ve had milk at other times this week with no problem. So it must be the banana.
I looked on the internet for information about banana intolerance, but I couldn’t find much information until I found this page!
It’s good to know that I’m not just imagining it, and that there are others in the same boat.
By the way, I notice that bananas are related to ginger and cardamom. Ginger is another food I can’t eat (it makes me feel nauseous), and I don’t like the taste of cardamom. I wonder if these are all linked.
I’m really going to miss Bananas. I don’t care for them that much eaten by themselves but in a smoothy they are excellent especially if you mix them with pumopkin Ice cream. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! :)mmmmmmmm
Pumpkin Sorry;)
Hello…I noticed I started having trouble with bananas right after I had a c-section with my first child. And it has never gone away. Bloating, pain, it sucks. I was in my early twenties. Anyone have a connetion with c-section and banana trouble?
Im 20 and i’ve been eating bananas for breakfast for the past month and my stomach felt weird after breakfast every time. I just had a banana by itself as a snack and i feel so nauseous and im so bloated its scary. I had my gallbladder taken out about 4 years ago, and i always have problems with food that contain a lot of fat. I didnt know bananas had a lot of natural fat as well. I guess this is whats causing the problem!
Gosh…we really need an answer to this epidemic!! Same situation…ate bananas my whole childhood and early adult hood but about 25 couldn’t eat them without getting terrible gas bloating pain and cramps!
Just today I thought about eating one…I came here to see if maybe I had a mind issue and was going to try it! NEVERMIND!!
I am thrilled to know that I am not crazy like my sister and husband thought!!! If anyone has info on this crazy thing, please post it…until then, no more bananas for me! I am 25 and my “banana belly” started about 6 months ago. I never knew what was causing it (thinking it was other random foods that I was eating), and always having a banana to soothe my stomachache!!! Lo and behold, they were CAUSING IT!!!! Intense burning, cramping, twisting feeling in my gut (not like gas – entirely different!), along with nausea and dizziness…WIERD!!!
I came upon this site by chance when googling for info on allergy to bananas. What a great feeling to know that I am not alone! I am 63 and started noticing that bananas gave me severe stomach pains when I was in my early twenties. I just stopped eating them for years and then maybe 15 years ago thought it was silly to cut something i liked completely out of my diet so tried bananas again……….
I was OK for a while but then the post-banana pains (and they are TERRIBLE). So fine, I just stopped them again (by this time I had noticed the same thing with kiwi fruit and broccoli).
BUT, it’s all started again with the craze for Smoothies!
I am on the web today looking for clues because I am in pain and feeling exhausted and generally lousy after drinking a large glass of lovely Tropicana smoothie yesterday. And when I looked there are apparently 4 mashed bananas in the litre of smoothie (which is mostly blackberry and blueberry), but I guess it is the banana which thickens it up. I guess I just have to read the labels.
BTW I don’t think that when I first started getting banana pains the bananas I was eating had been gas-treated. They came straight off the tree where i was living then.
I’ll keep a watch on all the other things people have had problems with, as I do quite regularly hve mild stomach painand have never been sure why.
I get a painful knot in my stomach when eating a whole banana by itself. When eaten in tiny portions or mixed in a protein shake, I don’t feel it as much. Some of us don’t do well with bananas because of something in it. I drink strong coffee and advil on an empty stomach without problems and the banana hurts more. So now I eat it in tiny portions. (I googled the problem to see if there’d be a solution and I see I’m no the only one:-)
I cannot find much information on the potassium connection. But when I look at the list of potassium-rich foods, many of them bother me to a certain extent. Bananas and avocados are the WORST. But lately I have had reactions with melons, cherries, nectarines, and plums. Gas, bloating, pain. And I’m 6 months pregnant, so I’m trying to eat healthy. Plus the baby is pushing up and cramping my intenstines anyway, so it makes it worse. I am going to try to eat cherries on an empty stomach tomorrow instead of having with some fat/protein like I normally do and see if it makes a difference. Maybe they’ll digest more quickly. This is so awful. I was doing so well for quite some time and it’s getting bad again. Oh, and I noticed that milk products are high in potassium. I have no problem with milk. However, yogurt in normal quantities makes me feel sick sometimes. It’s supposed to be so good for you, but I think the difference is that the milk is liquid and goes through quicker, leading to less bloating. The yogurt and fruit sits there and ferments. At least I’m figuring out the jist of this stuff. It’s so tough.
Strange as it sounds if you have even a mild ragweed allergy–banana’s and melons are triggers in summer that you pay for in fall. Your body might just be telling you something . . . I have the same problem with uncooked bananas causing ick stomach vs cooked no problem. Don’t know why–just don’t fight it.
I was searching for information on Banana Allergies or Reactions when I happened on this site. I started getting sick (stomach cramps/nausea/vomiting) whenever I would eat raw bananas. Eventually, I discovered I had a bad gallbladder and go it taken out. Since then, I have felt better, but, the bananas still make me sick….I didn’t realize it until today I ate banana pudding with oreos and it had whole raw banana in it and now I’m sick as every. I would love to know the connection here……after all, my gallbladder is out!
Hi Everyone!
Wow! This was the first site I pulled when I googled “bananas causing stomach cramps”.
I’ve read just the most recent 5 entries to see that others have scanned the web also in hope of finding answers. The ragweed allergy connection sounds very plausible since I’m fight some of the worst seasonal allergies yet.
So bad, my labyrinth in my right ear is completely affected.
I have suffered through stomach cramps/ feeling awful in the past after eating certain genres of bananas.
The first episode was last year after eating plantains, (raw, sweet, & ripe). I was told even eating sweet plantains raw was bad, so I cooked them and still had the most severe stomach cramps of my life. I felt like a wolf who wanted to chew off his own limb after getting it snagged in a trap. But in this case it was my small intestines. Particularly the type from Columbia this time around as of yesterday and the day before that is the bunch I WAS eating.
Thanks for posting everyone!!!!
Take care!
Katie
It’s gotta be the potassium, people. I’ve been tested for allergies and I’m not allergic to anything. Also “banana belly” is nothing at all like what my friends/coworkers experience with their allergies. It feels like a rapid accumulation of gas and that is surely from the potassium. I can’t eat large amounts of cucumber and avocado either or I get the same symptoms. Sigh.
But why in Pete’s sake do we have a reaction to the darn bananas? Other people digest bananas with ease. I almost puked all over the floor at work after having a burrito with avocado.Sweet sweet avocados. Nooooooooooooooooo! Not the guacamole!!!!!
iT’S NOT FAIR. iS IT AN OVERDOSE ON PATASSIUM? SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS!!!!!!
peppermint tea,
I think it has to be the potassium. I can’t eat avocados or bananas either. I also have a lot of trouble with other fruits and even too much yogurt will hurt my stomach (yogurt is high in potassium also). My small intestines get this huge buildup of gas and get distended. It is so painful. And it lasts for hours.
I have noticed that I can drink high potassium foods like OJ and milk with much less trauma. Maybe because they move on through quickly. ?? But many fruits (ESPECIALLY bananas, avocados, and melons) and yogurt aren’t very nice to me. And I make homemade yogurt with no crap in it also. I just discovered, however, that 1 cup of plain yogurt has about 530 mg of potassium — about as much as 1/2 an avocado.
What I don’t understand, though, is why cooking makes a difference. I don’t have trouble with cooked bananas, spinach, mushrooms, or baked potatoes…all high in potassium. I’m still searching for answers.
I am in the middle of my second fight after a banana. About two weeks ago was the first and I stopped eating them. Today had a beautiful looking banana and within 10 minutes of eating it I am in horrible pain. and a setting in the bathroom. I about want to die at the peak and am 43 year old male that is pretty tough. Hell I have put my own stitches in but this is horrible. I walked around with a broken collar bone [split in the middle not snapped in two] and torn cartilage in the shoulder for 9 days before I went in and found I had to have surgery 4 pins and rope to pull the cartilage together. Back to work in two weeks but took it easy. With this banana problem you want to puke as it feels like it is at the edge and your stomach feels like it will pop. You cant hold your gut in and barely walk for a bit without contorting your walk. I found this link below and it helped a bit. I will not eat bananas again and never had a problem ever before this. I have been on a diet and lost 30 pounds getting back to my old weight or 215 at 6’3″. Here is the link
http://ezinearticles.com/?Help—I-Am-Allergic-To-Banana&id=546615
Haha, who knew that one person’s problem would be a good place for everyone to gather at? I too suffer from raw-banana sickness or whatever. Normally I just get nauseous when I eat bananas, but today I took a bite and almost immediately threw up and had a bit of a stomach cramp. I finished the rest of my breakfast just fine, and I feel alright now, but man, did it hit me fast. So strange.
Banana’s ruined my night. I hate them. I always knew something was off, but now I am certain: I can’t have bananas. Ever.
OMG OMG OMG My pain is unbearable …
Yes, I linked it to bananas today. I ate a slightly over-ripened banana, and it appeared to ripen naturally — as someone mentioned, it had lots of little black spots on it instead of going straight to rotting.
I took Tums, Mylanta and Tylenol. Tums helped a bit but then the pain returned. I felt like puking a few times, but in the past it did not quite help. I ate the banana hours ago. I may try force-puking, but I don’t think it will help. Didn’t seem to do it before, since it’s too deep in my intestines now. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
well, I’m back and I puked out quite a bit of stuff, mostly liquid. That eased the pain a bit, but I still had quite a painful block in my stomach. Then I went #2. It didn’t help. Finally I took Mylanta again, and drank a bit of soda+water solution. This time it seemed to help. I still have some pain, bloating and cramping, but not nearly as bad as originally. No more bananas, although I did love em and still do. I can eat yogurt however, and milkshakes with bananas. It seems though, although I haven’t tested this out completely.
I too suffer from this weird, odd and strange bloated and awful pain from eating bananas. I have been on a diet for the last four days and part of today’s eating is to enjoy at least 3 bananas, skim milk and soup. I have eaten three bananas today and my stomach is absolutely killing me. I feel so bloated in my upper abdominal region. I get this way when I eat Broccoli too. I have actually been rushed to the ER after eating a lot of Broccoli and come to find out it is just gas build up from the vegetable. I too am going to buy some beano and see if it works. Maybe the Potassium in the bananas is causing gas build up or something. Thank you to all that have placed a comment on this website…it has been the only website I have found that even comes close to helping me with this issue. Thanks again.
I ate an avocado about 3 hours ago & got intense stomach pains & started sweating. I decided to see what I could find on the internet & it led me here. It doesn’t happen every time I eat an avocado, usually only on an empty stomach. This also happens with peanuts & peanut butter (which I love). If I eat a sandwich & then have some peanuts, I’m fine. But if I eat peanuts/peanut butter on an empty stomach, I feel like I’m dying. I cannot eat bananas at all for this reason. I discovered this after drinking smoothies in highschool that had bananas in them & getting horrible stomach pains. I started getting the ones without bananas & haven’t had a problem. My mom has the same banana problem. This is just really weird! I’m glad I’m not the only one =)
I’ve long suspected that these crazy stomach aches were from bananas, but I was never 100% sure.
Last night, we took the kids for (of all things) banana splits. I figured that since the bananas were covered in ice cream, I’d have no problems. I had thought about skipping the bananas but after tasting one, I just ate the rest.
Within 20 minutes, I was doubled over in pain. It felt like I had a burning fever, but only in my face. The sensations I was having in my throat, on my tongue and in my nasal passages were not quite an itch and not quite a burn.
Shortly after that, I was parked on my toilet, convincing myself that I would not vomit. I was in so much pain that even talking made me feel like I was going to vomit.
An hour after that, most of the pain and nausea was gone and I was feeling just bloated.
Today, I called my brother to apologize for not coming over after we had plans. I told him that I foolishly ate a banana and it tore me up. That was when he told me that he avoids bananas like the plague because they make his throat and tongue itch.
I went online to look up “banana digestion problems” and found all kinds of stuff how bananas are good for stomach problems.
So now, after refining my search terms, I look up banana allergies and this is what I find! I’m so glad I’m not the only one in the world with this terrible problem from a simple fruit. How strange…
I’m not convinced that it’s a potassium problem since I’ve never had problems with taking supplements, nor eating other foods high in potassium. I’ve only ever had problems like this when eating bananas (and occasionally eggs.) I’m pretty sure this is some kind of allergy and that my brother ended up with it as well.
Add me to the list of those who suffer from severe stomach pains after eating bananas. I am 40 now and it took me a while to discover it was bananas that caused the pain but looking back to my youth I used to cut them up on my cereal quite often and always had a stomach ache afterwards. I get the same pains from eating avocado, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower either cooked or raw. Banana bread does not seem to be a problem. I told my doctor about this on my last physical and he said “Hmmmmm”. There are obviously a lot of people that suffer from these symptoms. Anyone got any solutions?
OK, I’m not reading all of the comments to your posts, but not sure if anyone suggested organic bananas. If you suffer from no other food related allergies (no reaction to avacados, etc.), your body may just not like the chemicals used to ripen regular bananas. From what I’ve researched, organic bananas are ripened with a cleaner, more natural type of gas. I sufferred for many years from the instant pain and cramping I referred to as “Banana Gut”, but since I’ve switched to organic (only 20 cents more a pound), I’ve been buying and eating bananas ever since! Try this – see if it works! If it doesn’t, it’s definielty an allergy of some type.
I just read an interesting blurb on tannin – I had my morning tea without eating first and was almost instantly nauseated. I read that the tannin causes this and that bananas have a lot of tanin in them… (I’m still convinced of the food latex syndrom in my case, but think this could be the reason other people suffer from bananas)
I am so glad the avacoado thing is mentioned here. I ate avacados practically everyday for about a year and then stopped. Now whenever I have even a little bit of avacado I am so sick, as I am tonight because I forgot and ate one and had to lie in bed in fetal position for an hour. I still ache so bad but have to do my homework!! Since this is new and never happened before, and I have a sensiticity to latex, I was wondering, did my sensitivities just increase over the year???? Does anyone know if you can force it to go away by gradually increasing your intake? I love avacados and not sure I’m willing to give them up. Bananas dometimes hurt my stomache but only if I eat one on an empty stomache, also blueberries will make me sick occasionally.
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It’s been three hours since the avacado and I feel like I’m dying..I’m very nauseated and cramping..stomache feels like it’s on fire!! Is this how you all feel too??
It sucks that this is a common ailment, but like Emily said above, I’m so glad I’m not crazy too!!! If anyone finds a cure (Other than the obvious don’t eat them) please tell!!
I don’t think its the ethelyne. I haven’t had one in months for the same prob as everyone else. I decided that I was hurting cause they weren’t ripe enough. I picked up a bunch (is that what they are called–all attached) and ate one. It didn’t bother me at all. Ate one from teh same bunch today and swear to god I thought i was going to die–horrible pain/nauseau. A few weeks ago raw almonds did the same thing. Could it be divirticulitis?(sp?)
i think its the physical process of the banana moving through the stomach/intestines. it feels as though i ate something that doesn’t fit
yay! something is wrong with me! im glad i found this, and my people. i love bananas! its the several hours afterward that have me doubling over in pain that suck tremendously and remind me why i shouldnt eat them. a few slices in banana pudding are okay though.
Wow! I definitely didn’t read the entire page, but I’m so happy to find that others had similar symptoms. Although, I’m 17, not 21.
Anyways, I just realized I might be allergic to bananas as well after eating three-fourths of one today. The banana cream pie blizzard I had earlier this week also produced similar symptoms. And looking back, so did the homemade shake I made a while ago. Goodness, who knew?
And thank you “purple_kangaroo” for pointing out that the supposed exception of organic bananas aren’t actually safe. I was set on switching, but now it seems I’m stuck again. And thanks to everyone that pointed out banana bread doesn’t hold the same side-effects; that would be dreadful.
That is odd that this is the only site with information on the topic…
Thank you so much for this website, i have been dealing with this for over 15 years, i have had my gallbladder removed, laproscopic surgery trying to find the problem, my allergy is so bad that if i so much as put a banana to my lips i’m in the hospital on morphine drip for the pain
my allergy, if that’s what it is also includes avocados and any kind of egg except scrambled and also raspberries no real mayonaise or anything with egg in it sauces etc.
i have been suffering with this for so long and have been to so many doctors knowing that it had something to do with these foods as i have cut them out for over 10 years now and they have no clue, they throw me some painkillers and that’s it. I have talked with numerous people and everyone looks at you like your crazy, “what do you mean you can’t eat banana’s”…so i always felt like it was just me.
I am on a muscle relaxant now that i can take if i have a flair up, and it seems to work ok. I know there are other things i could add to my list as i have stomach cramps every so often for no reason usually after i eat.
My tip, jump into a warm bath, as hot as you can take it, it will calm the cramping and like all of you i love these things and miss eating them but it’s just not worth the pain.
Thank you all again for sharing, i feel better already
I am totally amazed that I found so many others that have trouble eating bananas! For me, it started when I was 23 and pregnant with my first child. I thought it was a pregnancy thing, but still couldn’t eat them after I gave birth. I am 40 now, and I have had a banana every now and then over the years just to see…but no luck! I developed gallstones and had my gallbladder removed. I suffered the same pain from the gallstones as I did when I ate bananas, so thought that was the probem. NOT! I still can’t eat them and it drives me crazy! I, too, like so many others can eat them cooked. I can eat banana flavored foods as long as there are no real bananas in them. Cantelopes and other fruit and vegetables are fine. I am going to try the organic bananas and if that doesn’t work, I will try beano. I am so glad I found this information. I will let you kow if anything works!
For all of you, my doctor prescribed a pill that when an attack sets in, it’s gone about 15 mins after taking this pill..
it’s called Buscopan 10mg. it’s a life saver i carry it with me everywhere and if i eat something that triggers these attacks i just take one and within 15 mins it’s gone..
ask your doctors, it’s a miracle.
oh and by the by…organic banana’s do the same thing as regular, well for me anyway
I am 50 and have had “banana belly” since my early 20’s. Raw egg whites will do the same thing to me – excruciating stomach pain and belching for hours. Avocados used to do it also, but for some reason I can now tolerate them. One thing I have noticed is that cutting the banana up in thin slices and let them sit at room temperature for a while makes them much more digestible. Makes me think it’s related to enzyme action. Any thoughts on this? I mentioned the banana-egg white-avocado thing to a couple of doctors and received that blank “hmmm….she must be a hypochondriac” expression. SO nice to know we’re not alone!!
My husband bught bananas the other day and I ate one this morning, raw. I don’t normally eat bananas, I am not fond of them, but I just had this “must eat banana” feeling. About a half hour after eating it I started getting severe stomach pains (like cramps) and felt nauseated. I sat about a half hour in the bathroom just in case, but eventually the pains went away without me throwing up ( though at one point I wished I would, just to make the pain go away). My stomach was tender when I pressed on it, it feels better now, but also feels like it has taken a beating.
When I was visiting my family in Arizona in May I ate a raw banana the first morning there. A little while later I was sick, cramps and then throwing up (which ended the problem). I then avoided bananas until today. I don’t know how I could forget how awful bananas treated me the last time I ate one. I guess I thought it was the traveling, which also messes my system up.
A few years ago I would make a lot of smoothies, and use bananas as a filler. Those were fine, the only smoothie that would make my stomach ache was my favorite of honeydew, lime and yogurt.
For the age record I turned 27 in July.
Wow, I thought I was the only one, too. I’ve had family members say my reaction is crazy and no one I know has even heard of this. I’m allergic to raw bananas, cantaloupe, grapes and eggs. The reaction to grapes and eggs is a bit different because I will actually lose consciousness after vomiting like crazy. The pain, oh man, the pain is awful for HOURS. And I don’t know that the age thing matters…I’m in my mid 50s and have had these problems for 40 years. The last episode with grapes (before I finally figured it out) I had to go to ER to have an IV to replace fluids. And it’s odd but if the banana and eggs are baked into something (like other people here) I can sometimes get away with eating it–but not always.
Right now I’m in SO MUCH PAIN. All because of a stupid banana split I had earlier. I would say this started about a year or two ago. After awhile I realized that if I ate a banana I would get these really bad pains! I even vomited once. It kind of feels like a gallbladder attack but I had mine out years ago. Like most of you I can’t find anything on the internet dealing with this. I just want this pain to stop. I’m NEVER eating a banana again. I thought since it’s been a while since I had a banana I would be okay. Nope. =[
I thought this was just me…I am in so much pain right now! I am never eating a banana again, this happens every time! Nothing will help the pain!
I am glad that I found this site. I don’t like bananas but thought it would be good to start eating them to help with weight loss and to become healthier. I didn’t realize the stomach pain at first because it was mild. Then it gradually increased that now when I eat a banana I have such bad “gutrot” and feel so sick and flushed. My lips start to feel like they are stinging. This however just started and now I will not eat bananas. I’m glad to have read others go through this.
It’s strange–if there are so many of us that have these fool allergies, why do doctors act as if we have bats in the belfry? I don’t think we’re born with it. I could eat eggs till I was a teen and was able to eat canteloupe, grapes and bananas until ten years ago. It would be nice if, when you talked to medical personnel about it, they’d nod and say, “Oh yeah, I heard about this.”
I’m 37 and have had severe stomach problems for over a year. On top of two ER visits, I’ve had the upper GI, colonoscopy, and swallowed a mini-camera to determine what’s wrong. Went gluten free and still had stomach pain. Then, found this website, quit eating bananas and it’s the best I’ve felt in over a year. Thank you. Please continue posting as new ideas develop.
I aquired the severe banana stomach ache as an adult. What a freaky thing. I have found a few others who also suffer and we feel like we’ve found long lost relatives as we discuss our intense, debilitating pain after eating a bite of banana cream pie–(remember how yummy that was?!) I’ve sworn off bananas but I am disappointed as I had the same old pain, nausea, chills severely for about 2 hours after eating two delicious tomatoes from my garden last night. Once you’ve had a banana stomach ache you never forget it–it’s like no other stomach ache/flu/virus/ gallbladder attack I’ve ever experienced—intense and about 2 hours. I’d love an answer. Good luck everyone!