@ Jayne, good thing it stopped! Very mysterious.

@ Scintilla, yep, it was just bananas!

@ Elizabeth B. Yourpoor husband! Fortunately I’m not allergic to any other fruit (so far)!

@ Mara, buttermilk soap! Isn’t it amazing! Can you drink buttermilk without trouble?

@ Karen, oh yes, the mosquitoes will give you the itches for sure. They LOVE me, which is not a good thing in the tropics so I mainline anti-malaria meds when I live there.

@ Marigirl, your affliction is weird, for sure 😉 I had fun with the banana photo, using Photoshop.

@ Mary Witzl, wouldn’t it be fantastic if it was bananas for you, too! Do let me know!

@ Sandy, I hope your husband finds relief! A more interested doc might help. It’s true that sometimes the local doctors have more of an idea of what might be wrong, but we tend to feel more comfortable/safe with our homegrown types.

And now a little banana update: After having had not a bite of banana for over a year and staying itch-free, I started experimenting and found that if I am careful I can handle a half a banana on my cereal on occasion. I still do not eat several bananas within a short period of time to make sure I don’t invite another visit of the Itch Witch. So far, so good!