Kiwi Fruit - bleeding ?!?!

I've just finished ating 8 nice ripened kiwi fruits. All was ok, verry tasty and so on.

But when i've got to the bathroom to wash my hands i was surprised to see blood on my lips.

Surprise - my entire mouth was covered in blood, with small blisters everywhere including on my tong. And the amound of blood that i am still spiting is quite consistent.

I've ate kiwi before, constantly (ate it before goind on SCD, and last year while on SCD too). Never encountered this kind of problem.

W.T.F. ?!

It sounds like you had an Oral Allergy episode. It sounds uncomfortable! But Kiwi is notorious for causing allergic episodes. Perhaps in the future, you can try just ONE and see if it happens again. If it doesn't maybe you can still have them but in moderation. But if you do have another reaction, please stop consuming Kiwi as with most allergic reactions, it can get severe very quickly - meaning anaphalaxyis.

yep. i've googled about kiwi's and yes, it was an oral allergy syndrome.

scary, i was spiting blood like i've cut my tongue with a sharp knife.
things settled, the burning remains but the bleeding stopped.

i never was allergic to kiwi. it was one of my favorite fruits. well. this is it then, no more kiwi from me.

1 or 8 - the allergic reaction is present all the same. it will not be so strong for sure. i've said i used to eat kiwi, and when i did, i ate at least 500-1000 grams at once as a single meal. this time it seems that something changed...

in fact i am glad i've had 8. because now i know that my immune system reacts to them. in my opinion hidden inflammation caused by such foods (that we eat in moderation) is worse than a one time event, because it will keep the immune system at it's peaks permanently. and i don't need to add more inflammation to what my UC and AS can came up with don't I? ;)

Yeah, it is most definitely an allergy. If you were eating ripened kiwis they wouldn't be very astringent at all (most people eat them before they are totally ripe). Even if it was very sour, I doubt that would actually be able to cause bleeding if you didn't have any sores in your mouth.