November 28th, 2005, 12:27 PM
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Kiss Me Deadly
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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November 28th, 2005, 12:37 PM
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H.S.
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Snickers really satisfies.
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November 28th, 2005, 01:31 PM
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My wife's niece is deathly allergic to peanuts, even in the tracest of amounts....
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November 28th, 2005, 01:48 PM
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Too much good stuff
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Girl with peanut allergy dies after kiss
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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November 28th, 2005, 02:03 PM
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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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November 28th, 2005, 02:21 PM
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November 28th, 2005, 02:24 PM
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"Snickers really satisfies."
Whoa. Deja Vu.
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November 28th, 2005, 02:26 PM
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Frell.
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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!
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November 28th, 2005, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by thirty-two
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!
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That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
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November 28th, 2005, 02:31 PM
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Frell.
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Originally Posted by Assface
That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
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Assface 5
Djaughe 3
and the race is on, folks!
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November 28th, 2005, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Assface
That conversation is what Djauge used to call, "my college years."
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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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November 28th, 2005, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Djaughe
...I don't remember much about my college years...
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Hard to believe you can't remember much - you were there for 9 years, right? 
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November 28th, 2005, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian in Mesa
Hard to believe you can't remember much - you were there for 9 years, right? 
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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
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November 28th, 2005, 02:46 PM
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Like a boss
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Originally Posted by Djaughe
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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You should have tried Ryan's approach, instead of sleeping through class he slept his way out of it.
:deucebigalo:
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November 28th, 2005, 04:07 PM
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H.S.
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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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