November 28, 200520 yr Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Kiss A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said Monday. Christina Desforges died in a Quebec hospital Wednesday after doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to the kiss the previous weekend. Desforges, who lived in Saguenay, about 155 miles north of Quebec City, was almost immediately given a shot of adrenaline, a standard tool for treating the anaphylactic shock brought on by a peanut allergy, officials said. An autopsy was being performed. Dr. Nina Verreault, an allergist at the Chicoutimi Hospital in Saguenay, declined to comment on the case. The symptoms of peanut allergy can include hives, plunging blood pressure and swelling of the face and throat, which can block breathing. Peanut allergies have been rising in recent decades. The reason remains unclear but one study found that baby creams or lotions with peanut oil may cause children to develop allergies later in life. About 1.5 million Americans are severely allergic to even the smallest trace of peanuts and peanut allergies account for 50 to 100 deaths in the United States each year. Canadian figures were not immediately available. LINK
November 28, 200520 yr He's a witch! The dreaded kiss of death... But seriously, poor dude will be scared to kiss anyone for a while.
November 28, 200520 yr Author Im not saying its false, but it sounds like one of those urban legends. came from the AP though. You're right it does seem like it.
November 28, 200520 yr I can eat peanut butter, just can't eat raw peanuts.. Go figure :confused . RIP if this is true.
November 28, 200520 yr That kid is going to be socially stunted after this.... What are the odds that this would happen, anyway?
November 29, 200520 yr yep ... crazy circumstance I wonder if an unhappily married person who is tied to another with a peanut alergy is going to try this as an "innocent" way out.............. after all it is kind of a sick world...............
November 29, 200520 yr That's a terrible way to die. I have a severe allergy to NSAIDS (aspirin), which I did not know about until this past summer when I took prescribed Motrin and Ibuprofen. I had a severe reaction that lasted two weeks... my whole body broke out in hives, my face was swollen, and my throat swelled up. I almost choked to death. The first week or so nothing the doctors gave me controlled the reaction - well, it controlled the reaction well enough to reduce the swelling on my throat. When I went to the hospital they gave me a powerful benadryl injection... didn't work. They finally put me on a very heavy dose of steroids and that did the trick. They say the second allergic reaction to aspirin is the worst... Dying of an allergic reaction is the worst thing ever.
December 1, 200520 yr sad but y didnt she do something when she tasted the peanut butter in his mouth?
December 2, 200520 yr sad but y didnt she do something when she tasted the peanut butter in his mouth? :lol How would she know what peanut butter tasted like ??? :lol
December 4, 200520 yr sad but y didnt she do something when she tasted the peanut butter in his mouth? :lol How would she know what peanut butter tasted like ??? :lol Good point.
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