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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Friday, November 25, 2005 - 2:09 pm
I just wanted to pass along this story because it is so sad and yet, if you or a loved one has a severe allergy to peanuts it could so easily happen to you  Girl with peanut allergy killed by kiss Nov. 25, 2005. 12:16 PM STAR STAFF A fifteen-year-old Quebec girl with a severe allergy to peanuts has died after a kiss from her boyfriend. According to the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Le Quotidien, the boyfriend had recently eaten peanut butter. The girl was hospitalized for several days and died earlier this week. The stricken girl was injected with adrenaline immediately after she grew ill, but it wasn't effective. Toronto Star
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 6:12 pm
A very sad story above, and too true. Years ago when I first got married, I told my wife I was allergic to both peanuts and tree nuts. She believed me, but didn't really understand how sensitive I really was. One day she decided to "test" me, and kissed me shortly after eating some nuts. I had a severe reaction, though thankfully not nearly as severe as the one described above. She has never doubted my allergy or its severity again. Take allergies seriously. They can be deadly.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 9:21 am
Amen to that! I went through years and years of being terrifed of my son eating in the school cafeteria with all those kids eating peanut butter! He's ok as long as he doesn't touch it or eat any. Fortunately, when he does accidently get something with nuts which he didn't expect, he feels it immediately and his body reacts by having him vomit. The last big scare he got was from a jelly bean! We had no idea! I had gotten a jar of Jelly Bellys as a grab bag gift and he had been eating them and then BOOM! He was freaking out. I read the label and yep, they have a peanut flavored jelly bean. His reactions haven't been as bad as he's gotten older which is good. He blew up like a baloon the first time he had peanut butter. They put 4++++++ on his allergy test for peanuts when he was 2 1/2. His first reaction was at 9 mo. but no one knew what it was from since he was taking new meds, etc. Epipens are always around!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 12:12 pm
'Peanut kiss' not cause of teen's death: coroner A 15-year-old in Quebec did not die as a result of a severe allergic reaction to her boyfriend's kiss, despite earlier reports, a coroner says. Dr. Michel Miron hasn't submitted the final autopsy report on the death last November of Christina Desforges, who was allergic to peanuts. But Miron said he wanted to put the brakes on the story that the kiss was responsible for her death. "The Canadian Association of Food Allergies intended to use the Desforges case to launch an education campaign," he told Associated Press. "I had to tell them the cause of death was different than first believed." Officials initially believed the teen, from Quebec's Saguenay region, did not consume the nuts and that she had a reaction to kissing her boyfriend. Miron wouldn't reveal Desforges's exact cause of death, noting he has to submit his final report to the provincial coroner's office. He is also waiting for some final test results. Miron also said the teen didn't receive a shot of adrenalin immediately after being kissed. It was reported the shot hadn't penetrated her skin. He said scientific journals had contacted him questioning the use of the adrenalin shot and how it's injected. Miron added that the teen didn't use her adrenalin syringe because she didn't have an allergic reaction to peanut butter. Many people suffering from allergies lost confidence in the popular EpiPen when the story came out, which could endanger lives, the coroner added.
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