The peanutbutter kiss didn't kill her.

[GEM]

From the CNN website this morning:

SAGUENAY, Quebec (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy did not die from kissing her boyfriend following his peanut butter snack, a coroner said Friday, countering reports that drew international attention last year.

Saguenay coroner Michel Miron said Christina Desforges' death had a different cause. But he refused further disclosure, saying he first wanted to report to the provincial coroner and examine more test results.

Miron said he was speaking out now to head off an allergy group's plan to use the case as an example in an awareness effort.

"The Canadian Association of Food Allergies intended to use the Desforges case to launch an education campaign," he said. "I had to tell them the cause of death was different than first believed."

Miron wasn't available for further comment late Friday afternoon as Associated Press calls to his home went unanswered. Saguenay is about 155 miles north of Quebec City.

Christina Desforges died in a Quebec hospital in November. Reports at the time said doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to the kiss the previous weekend.

As the girl began feeling ill, friends called an ambulance, and she collapsed as it arrived. She died four days later.

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 Adrenalin shot and how it's injected.

But he said the teen didn't use her syringe to give herself a shot of Adrenalin because she didn't have an allergic reaction to peanut butter.

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

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[binny]

Im sorry she died and sorry that the poor BF had thought this was his fault. Hopefully he will be able to come to terms with this now.

 

[VSL]

Interesting.

 

[ReggieB]

This is a further update from CNN

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.

 

[Planogirl]

Interesting. This would certainly relieve the boyfriend if this turns out to be true.