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Old November 28th, 2005, 01:27 PM   #1
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Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Kiss
Mon Nov 28, 2005

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.
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Old November 28th, 2005, 01:37 PM   #2
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Old November 28th, 2005, 02:31 PM   #3
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My wife's niece is deathly allergic to peanuts, even in the tracest of amounts....
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Old November 28th, 2005, 02:48 PM   #4
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Girl with peanut allergy dies after kiss

Monday, November 28, 2005; Posted: 2:56 p.m. EST (19:56 GMT)

SAGUENAY, Quebec (AP) -- 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.
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:03 PM   #5
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How sad

I wonder if she knew she had that allergy, and/or if the boyfriend knew, too.
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:21 PM   #6
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:24 PM   #7
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Whoa. Deja Vu.
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:26 PM   #8
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If I were the boy, I might really be screwed up after that.

"So.. tell me about your last girlfriend." - new girl
"...... well, she died after I kissed her." - boy
"...........yeah, I gotta go." - new girl

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If I were the boy, I might really be screwed up after that.

"So.. tell me about your last girlfriend." - new girl
"...... well, she died after I kissed her." - boy
"...........yeah, I gotta go." - new girl

DOH!
That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:31 PM   #10
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That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
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That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
lol...I don't remember much about my college years...I'm still a bit stupefied why they gave me a diploma...
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...I don't remember much about my college years...
Hard to believe you can't remember much - you were there for 9 years, right?
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:41 PM   #13
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Hard to believe you can't remember much - you were there for 9 years, right?
lol...that was one of my problems...no matter how late I scheduled my first class - I'd sleep right through it
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Old November 28th, 2005, 03:46 PM   #14
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lol...that was one of my problems...no matter how late I scheduled my first class - I'd sleep right through it
You should have tried Ryan's approach, instead of sleeping through class he slept his way out of it.

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I'm just glad my name doesn't come up in conversation associated with peanuts like Assface and Djaughe's does--particularly among women.

It's strange though, it does tend to come up when discussing cuccumbers, unusually large zucchinis and gladiator movies.
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