Mum shuns shops for five years as bananas could kill

MUM Georgina Dixon-Lane hasn't been to a supermarket for five years — because going near bananas could kill her.

The 22-year-old allergy victim rarely even leaves her house in case she comes into contact with the dreaded fruit.

Georgina is at risk of a seizure and throat swelling that could halt her breathing.

She last night said: "I do all my food shopping online. I can't set foot in a supermarket as the fruit is normally close to the entrance.


"If I'm near someone who has eaten a banana and hasn't brushed their teeth that can set me off.

"I've been told that it's the natural latex but doctors aren't 100 per cent sure. I'm so frightened about coming across a banana that I don't leave my house."

Pregnant Georgina, who has an eight-month-old son, Bobby, suffers from idiopathic anaphylaxis disease.     More