Disease Etiology
Allergy to natural rubber latex (NRL) is an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction that is frequently seen in health care workers and workers in the rubber industry (1). Individuals affected can develop symptoms from direct contact with latex products; such as gloves, tubing or other rubber products; or by inhalation of airborne NRL allergens in powder form, for example from latex gloves. 

Latex-fruit syndrome is an allergic condition linked to NRL allergy (1). Affected