Teenager with peanut allergy dies after a kiss

CTV.ca News Staff
CTV.ca
Friday, November 25, 2005

A Quebec teenager with a peanut allergy has died after
kissing her boyfriend who had eaten a peanut butter
sandwich hours earlier.

Fifteen-year-old Christina Desforges died Monday. She
went into anaphylactic shock and in spite of being given
an adrenalin shot, could not be revived.

Desforges lived 250 km north of Quebec City in Saguenay.

The official cause of the teen's death has not yet been
released.

Pediatric allergist Karen Sigman told CTV's Tania Krywiak
if peanuts are still on the tongue or the lips, they can
still cause a reaction.

Sigman says teenagers with allergies have to let their
friends know.

"If they're going to be dating somebody that they have to
tell the people they're close to that they're allergic to
make sure the people they're with aren't in contact with
those nuts or peanuts," Sigman said.

Parents of children with nut and peanut allergies have
the added pressure of constantly watching what their
offspring are eating.

Terri Elituv, mother of 12-year-old Jake Elituv, told CTV
News they always watch out for snacks that include
peanuts, or traces of the legume.

"Everything is just sort of fraught with this underlying
tension, you're anxious about what he's going to have,
what he could touch," she said.

Elituv's other concern is what happens when her son
becomes more independent in his teen years -- and might
not share his allergy concerns with friends at parties.

Desforges' parents are planning a memorial service
Saturday.

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