|
It wasn't the nuts
04/03/2006 14:07 - (SA)
Saguenay, Quebec - A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy did not die from kissing her boyfriend following his snack of peanut butter but from another cause, a Quebec coroner said on Friday, countering a report that drew international attention late last year.
But Saguenay coroner Michel Miron would not reveal the cause of death because he has not yet submitted his final report to the provincial coroner's office and he is also waiting on some final test results.
The official said he wanted to speak out before the case was cited by the Canadian Association of Food Allergies.
"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 on Friday to comment further on the circumstances of the teen's death in this small city, about 250km north of Quebec City.
Christina Desforges died in a Quebec hospital in November. At the time officials said doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to the kiss the previous weekend.
Miron also said the teen did not receive a shot of Adrenalin immediately after being kissed. It was reported the shot had not penetrated her skin.
He said scientific journals had contacted him questioning the use of an Adrenalin shot and how it is injected.
But he said the teen did not use her syringe to give herself a shot of Adrenalin because she did not have an allergic reaction to peanut butter.
- AP
|
South Africa
