15 year old dies as a result of kissing boyfriend.
 

http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/story/qc-kiss20051125.html

The story:
Kiss may have been fatal for teen with nut allergy
CBC News

A 15-year-old girl in Quebec's Saguenay region is believed to have died as a result of an allergic reaction to her boyfriend's kiss. An autopsy will be performed on the body of the teen, who was allergic to peanuts. Officials said she did not consume the nuts, but they believe she had a reaction to kissing her boyfriend, who had eaten peanut butter. The apparently fatal kiss was last Sunday in Jonquière, Que. Although an adrenalin shot was administered almost immediately, the teen did not recover, the Montreal newspaper La Presse reports. The girl was rushed to hospital, where she died after suffering respiratory failure. Her death was confirmed Wednesday.

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I read this today and thought it was amazingly tragic. I had no idea an allergic reaction could be this bad.

Yeah, man. Nut allergies are hard core.

This sucks though.

Oh man, that is really, really terrible. The world can be so cruel at times. :|

Well, the question becomes: Did this guy know his girlfriend was allergic to peanuts?

If he did, then he's an idiot for eating them anywhere near his girlfriend.

If he didn't, then this is quite the accident. I think i'd go nuts (no pun intended) if this happened to me.

@ 15 even if he knew of her allergies, I don't think he would of thought of a kiss having that effect.
truely sad.

Hard to believe that a kiss can be fatal so quickly

The question i'm wondering is... if she was that allergic to peanutbutter, how did she make it through kindergarten-grade3?

Not to be an ass or anything, but I think it's a miracle she made it that far.
In retrospect, her peanut threatened days were probably nearing their end. If not for the kiss she mighta been home free with a long life :(

Ouch. That's rough. And imagine the boyfriend, I bet he feels like dying himself right about now...

when my son was 2.....his grandpa gave him a little taste of peanut butter.

within seconds.......his face and hands blew up like a ballon,we rushed him to the hospital,told then it was PB....they gave him a shot.........and then the onslaught of tests for the next few years insued.

poor kid was like a pin cushion........and we found out he's allergic to quite a few foods.


so it was up to us to inform the school of his allergies.

and nowadays.....the schools are more than aware.

it can happen just like that................tragic story

That sucks :(

ouch, so sad...

I've got a friend like her. She is severely allergic to a number of different things including some types of alcohol, pine cones, certain types of wood and foods. I can't keep track of it all. The wood thing is weird because she can die on a visit to a lumber yard without ever touching the wood. I doubt he knew a peanut butter sandwich could be fatal.

I have a friend who's peanut allergy is so sensitive, she had to wait for a different flight because they had loaded dinners with peanut butter chews for dessert onto the plane, and the traces of peanut in the recirculated air could be enough to cause an allergic reaction. Nut allergies are rediculous.

As big a fan of dark humor as I am, there is a difference between "dark humor" and "just posting a joke because you want to be funny, not because that's how you cope".

Yeah, allergic reactions can very easily be this bad, especially allergies to nuts. For some reason, they seem to be very fast-acting and potent. In all likelihood, he had no idea of her allergy. At 15, she definitely knows enough to stay away from them herself, but I highly doubt she'd bother to tell the boyfriend. It's not like anyone would see THIS coming, even if he knew. Normally, as long as you yourself don't consume the nut, this type of second-hand exposure would be mild or "bad", but likely not "severe", or deadly.

This is General Discussion, not Tilted Nonsense... so everyone who posted because they thought they were funny, and not to take part in the discussion, your post is now gone.

It just seems a bit strange to me that someone could actually DIE from second-hand peanut butter exposure.

I would have never thought about kissing a person and having an allergic reaction to something on their lips unless they slathered it on there and then (without cleaning) proceeded to kiss you.

Guess this goes to show how unpredictable life can be.

As for the dark humor... it's my way of dealing with sad things. I'm sure the girl is among the honored dead. No one deserves a death like this. At least she kissed someone she loved last (I hope).

I'm sure the kiss went a little past the lips. Even if there was no tongue, the result is still perfectly realistic, they're that bad sometimes.

And...

Dark humor to deal with sadness is one thing... to post just to make a remark because you think it's funny, is another...

It is so scary when something like this happens. Makes you realize that you never know what can happen. Hug your family today. My heart goes out to the girls family and her boyfriend.

She made it this far because her parents were probably informed about the situation and made arrangements with her schools. If my daughter was in a class with a child allergic to peanut butter, she was told she could not bring it to school at all. Peanut allergy is something you find out rather early in life, and the hard way. Most kids are given PB&J at a young age. It is a hard allergy to deal with, since the outcome can be so deadly.

I understand that peanut allergies are so bad that if someone walked through a room with something that was canned where there were also peanuts and waited half an hour or so and then the allergic person came in they could still have a reaction. The reaction itself is not based on how much nut they are exposed to but how strongly they react. One nut second hand can be as bad as a vat of peanut butter. Hard to believe her bf wouldn't have heard about her allergy at some point and sure he wouldn't have thought about kissing transferring it, but she should have. Poor love and so tragic. Years of therapy for the poor bf too!

A number of years ago, I did a play with a girl who apparently had a peanut allergy. I had no idea until she freaked out after seeing me about to unwrap a peanut butter cup. We had a kissing scene, and she informed me that even just a simple kiss could cause her lots of problems. I barely knew anything about peanut allergies before talking to her, let alone the extent. What a tragic story.

Most schools in the Toronto (Ontario) area, and I am sure in Quebec have a peanut free policy. As parents, we are not supposed to send the kids to school with any peanut products. Not that that is fool proof, older kids often go to the store at lunch time and eat chocolate bars (for example Reeses Peanut Butter cups).

But it is conceivable to go through school well protected. Plus, at risk kids are identified to the school staff, and they have epi-pens at the ready for the teachers that have to deal with it.

Sounds like even the epi pen didn't work. That is truly tragic

Lets take it from the boys perspective.

Imagine if your first kiss killed your GF? I'm sure that could keep a hour a week at the shrink for the next 30 years or so.

It's really tragic but I don't think there was any harmful intent unless he was aware of her allergy. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe they should look into that!

The saddest part is the number of people who are not aware of food allergies. They can be dangerous to fatal as this story shows. I feel that all people around an allergy sufferer should be made aware of what can happen and what to do if it happens.

Nine hours later? Wow. What a nightmare for all involved. Sad, sad story.

My wife works as an assistant in a class for phycially challenged students. They have one child w/ a peanut allergy. The student can't eat in the school's cafeteria and they must be very careful not to bring anything w/ peanuts into the classroom.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...n1081250.shtml

The latest...

Wow. That poor family has had to endure the tragedy of losing their child so young and then the circus that followed. If someone sees the final results of the autopsy listed sometime, please update!

sad story. poor girl, and just imagibe the guilt the boy is always gonna have to live with,

exactly what I was thinking.

:( I feel sad for her AND him. :(

thats just depressing. anyone know what happened if it wasnt a allegy?

... I heard of somthing like this at my school a couple of years ago. No one died though. Their was just a really bad reaction. Her face was swollen for like a month.

They haven't released what killed her yet. Might be awhile if at all since she is a minor. Will be up to the family.

lastest update; death from asthma attack

maybe kids can eat PB&J at school again... :rolleyes: dunno why it was banned from some schools to begin with...

Really wild how "The News" seems to be nothing but bullshit, right?

Reading the first stories, and now the last one...