Posted on 06/11/2016 6:25:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Myriam Ducre-Lemay, 20, died in 2012 after kissing her boyfriend — he'd eaten a peanut butter sandwich and wasn't aware of her peanut allergy (or the severity of it) and she was not carrying her EpiPen with her at the time, CTV News reports. Her mother is just now publicizing the story to help others avoid the same situation.
According to CJAD, Ducre-Lemay and her boyfriend had been out at a party earlier that night, which is why she didn't have her medication or her Medic Alert bracelet on her. After the kiss, she had trouble breathing, tried using her asthma pump, and, when that didn't work, asked her boyfriend about peanuts — when he said he'd eaten them, she told him to call 911.
He attempted to give her CPR before the ambulance arrived. Emergency crews attempted to resuscitate her with epinephrine, but failed. En route to the hospital, Ducre-Lemay suffered cardiopulmonary arrest, which led to cerebral anoxia (oxygen deprivation to the brain).
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmopolitan.com ...
Tragic! I have a lot of allergies, I am thankful that none are this bad.
Always carry an epipen
The last 10 or 20 years I’ve heard so much about this peanut thing. I can’t remember a single case of the same thing going back through all my younger days, youth and childhood.
Another tragic story-——girl w/ a severe peanut allergy ate chili at a restaurant known for its chili.
She later had symptons but ignored them....she knew she hadn’t eaten peanuts.
What she did not know was that the restaurant thickened its famous chili w/ peanut butter.
>>The last 10 or 20 years I’ve heard so much about this peanut thing. I can’t remember a single case of the same thing going back through all my younger days, youth and childhood.<<
I agree it is most strange. When I was a kid we ate PB&J sandwiches all the time. I never once heard of someone who was allergic (MUI PB is not allowed in most/all schools).
That and autism and can’t be scientifically traced to anything so far.
Response from chemical and biotech firms pumping our environment full of random artificial junk:
“I didn’t do it, no one saw me do it, you can’t prove anything!”
Actually, that’s my gut feeling, too. Something else is the cause. Something no one wants to admit.
Same observations here -
Interesting article with some hypothesis.
http://home.allergicchild.com/possible-causes-of-food-allergies/
I remember this case when it happened, I was about to go for EMT training so it stayed with me:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/02/us/prize-winning-chili-altered-after-athlete-s-death.html
It is crazy how this peanut thing seems to be escalating. Maybe the first time you give your child peanuts or peanut butter should be in the doctor’s office.
And your right about autism too.
Ditto and I’m 50 something.
Lord knows how we made it this far without bicycle helmets and school grief counselors.
How could she have ignored the symptons for so long.....the breathing problems must have been intense.
The deal with autism is it was changed from autism to autism spectrum, which includes many more symptoms. From what I understand an autism diagnoses turns on the money faucet.
However, I do endeavor to avoid foods with GMO and try to stick to natural foods only. I eat peanuts by the bushel and one thing I like about the Whole Foods is you get to make your own peanut butter on the spot. Just grind them up and ooze the butter into a plastic container. I do this with almonds as well. In fact, I would prefer almond butter to peanut butter if it wasn't so expensive. But I never eat any kind of nut butter that is sold on supermarket shelves that gets loaded with all that sugar and other additives.
Good morning.
I grew up in FL, and never had anything allergies.
When I hit 50, I became allergic to pollen and mold.
Ugh.
5.56mm
Interesting article. I was born in 1940 and had developed allergies by the time I was 5 or 6. I did not see an allergy specialist until I was almost 30. He explained a lot about what had been happening to me my entire life.
I learned how to figure out what caused my symptoms and what to avoid.
Better stock up on peanut butter or peanuts for that matter before the guvimnt comes along and bans it.
Scientists think allergies are largely due to a lack of exposure during the early childhood years. As a result of not being exposed, the body interprets the signals from strange foods as though it is a virus that needs to be attacked.
The good news is that the body can be trained, including peanut allergies, to learn those things aren’t a danger to it.
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