Rare mint allergy leaves woman wishing she was 'allergic to peanuts' instead

Fox News ^ | 5/28/25 | Peter Burke

[DallasBiff]

A Virginia archaeologist who is allergic to mint said her reaction is so severe that she's been hospitalized because of a stranger's "toothpaste breath" from three feet away.

Kyleigh Digiovanni, 25, of York, Virginia, has found it painful to brush her teeth ever since she was a child, but her family initially thought she was just being "fussy," she shared with news agency SWNS. (See the video at the top of this article.)

When Digiovanni started to tell family members that her toothpaste "burned" — and when she got red rashes on the inside of her mouth at age 10 — she went to see a doctor.

[DallasBiff]

Great, now restaurants will get rid of after dinner mints, and will creme de minth also be banned?

[TornadoAlley3]

Stay home. Wear a mask

[LastDayz]

Some folks just aren’t meant to be around other folks.

[T.B. Yoits]

Archaeologist may not have been a good career choice. You never know what plant you’re going to dig up.

[stanne]

25 years old

Vaxxed up the yong yang, exposed to all kinds of plastics - microwaved etc, every antibiotic known by the time they’re 6

All kinds of poison/food from the supermarket aisles

[Ozymandias Ghost]

There is no “York, Virginia” ...perhaps the author means Yorktown, VA or York County, VA.

[Dr. Sivana]

Some folks just aren’t meant to be around other folks.

Yup. My sister in law has an extreme reaction to many perfumes/colognes. She just Does not get out much and limits exposure.

[grame]

I have this issue too. Everything burns, I just have to decide the level of burn I will tolerate to accomplish the goal. There are toothpastes that burn less, and there is always baking soda. Peppermint is very strong regardless of the delivery option. I have found spearmint borders on pleasant.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I quite like after dinner mints & mint chocolates, but hate mint toothpaste — so I use children’s fruit flavored version from a natural brand 🍓🪥.

Unless she loves Meditteranean/Middle Eastern food…and certain Southeast Asian, which incorporate mint in a lot of dishes…a peanut allergy would probably be far worse to have.

[mom aka the evil dictator]

Two years without brushing her teeth? Her breath must have smelled like she looks, unwashed. Good lord I can’t stand my own breath after sleep, can only imagine getting within feet of her.

[No name given]

Her loss.