Since childhood, I've been allergic to cherries, getting eczema whenever I eat them. Several years ago, I started getting eczema and generalised itching frequently all summer, and I eventually realised that I was reacting not only to cherries, but also to other stonefruits and related nuts (drupes in general). An immunologist confirmed that my symptoms were consistent with a non ig-E mediated allergy, and probably connected to my verified Birch pollen allergy. Cutting the offending fruit and nuts out of my diet not only got rid of the eczema, but also seemed to fix some recurring gastro-intestinal symptoms (pain and vomiting) that I had not previously connected to an allergy, but which my gastro-enterologist hadn't been able to explain.
The problem is that as I have cut drupes out of my diet, the list of things that I seem to react to is expanding (from cherries to cherries and nectarines, to cherries and nectarines and a few types of nuts, and just recently also olives and coconuts) and my reactions seem to be getting worse when I slip up and eat something I shouldn't: the eczema is not changing, but the oesophogal spasms and vomiting
are happening every time now instead of just sometimes, the subsequent diarrhea is worse, and just recently, I experienced a complete loss of bowel control after eating a curry containing coconut cream.
Would this be happening anyway, or does cutting allergens out of the diet reduce tolerance and result in stronger reactions when you do eat them?
Apart from restricting my diet more carefully and being more paranoid when eating out, is there anything I can do? And if my reactions seem to be non ig-E and restricted to skin and gastro problems, can I safely assume that they will remain so -- or should I worry that I might one day get a severe analphyactic reaction out of the blue?