Well this sucks...

[Bricklayer]

If God's actually running the show, he's got a pretty sick sense of humor:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_re_ca/canada_deadly_kiss

Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Kiss
Mon Nov 28,11:54 AM ET


SAGUENAY, Quebec - 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.

 

[RoyalDiva]

Darn, you beat me to my usual posting threads of weird deaths, Brickie.

 

[iheartBrad]

Oh thats what happened...

This morning I got into the car and they were JUST finishing up talking about this story...I figured somebody had to sent to the hosptal after being exposed to peanuts (their allergy) but I didn't think it was anything like this...

How do you think the bf is holding up?? that blows

 

[HndsmCelt]

Kiss of death

 

[tubiscus]

If God's actually running the show, he's got a pretty sick sense of humor:

You nailed it! When the allmighty gets bored, it throws us a real screwball, ie Tsunami, Hurricane, famine, completely ridiculous accident, just to remind us who's in charge! That just sucks! Poor kids. The survivor will probably be messed up for a long time!

My nephew has this allergy. My sister in-law will go completely nuts when she reads that news item. I'm sure not gonna tell her.

 

[RoyalDiva]

I can't imagine anyone with this allergy living a very long life. Peanuts are such an everyday staple, how in the world can anyone possibly avoid any contact with them 100% of the time? One would almost have to go around in a protective suit and mask or something, and never touch anyone or anything for fear of peanut contamination.

 

[kingsgurl87]

I can't imagine anyone with this allergy living a very long life. Peanuts are such an everyday staple, how in the world can anyone possibly avoid any contact with them 100% of the time? One would almost have to go around in a protective suit and mask or something, and never touch anyone or anything for fear of peanut contamination.

when I read this story I was thinkin the exact same thing

 

[Evenstar]

wow that sucks!

makes me glad to know i'm not allergic to any foods.

i really feel sorry for the people who are allergic to chocolate. that must really suck!

 

[Fillmoe]

Kiss of death

took the words outta my mouth......

 

[uolj]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/06/peanut.kiss.ap/index.html

Coroner: Lack of oxygen, not peanut-butter kiss, killed girl

Monday, March 6, 2006; Posted: 12:24 p.m. EST (17:24 GMT)

MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) -- A teenager with a peanut allergy did not die from kissing her boyfriend following his peanut-butter snack, but from a lack of oxygen to her brain, a Quebec coroner said Monday.

Coroner Michel Miron declined to disclose the exact cause of death because he has yet to submit his final report to the provincial coroner's office, but he told The Associated Press he hoped to end the "phobia" provoked by the case, which drew global media coverage.

Christina Desforges, 15, died in a Quebec hospital in November. Officials at the time had said that doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to a peanut-laced kiss from her boyfriend the previous weekend.

Allergists described the case as being rare and worrisome.

"Elements of the investigation tell us peanut butter was not responsible," Miron told the AP. Miron said clinical indicators have eliminated peanut as the cause for her death and said it appeared the girl suffered from "cerebral anoxia," or lack of oxygen to the brain, which caused serious damage.

Miron said he could not discuss reports that the girl suffered from asthma and believed she was having an attack before her collapse.

Symptoms of peanut allergies can include hives, plunging blood pressure and swelling of the face and throat, which can block breathing.

Miron said he felt compelled to speak out to counter incorrect claims that peanut butter was responsible for Christina's death, or that injections used to treat allergic reactions were ineffective.

"People thought the girl had not used her Epipen [Adrenalin shot] properly and families were panicking because they thought it wouldn't always work," he said, insisting that the drug's effectiveness was never in doubt.

Scientific journals also had contacted him, questioning the use of the Adrenalin shot and how it is injected.

"It was necessary to set things straight," Miron said. "The drug wasn't used at all because nobody knew she was allergic," he said, noting the first hospital she was sent to did not have her records.

Miron said the girl and her boyfriend kissed, but many hours after he ate the peanut-butter snack. By then he had ingested other foods such as popcorn and beer.

The saliva generated in the process also would have cleansed his mouth before the kiss, Miron said.

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