Asthma, Not Kiss, Caused Teen’s Death
From Times Wire Reports
A Quebec coroner said a severe asthma attack killed a teenager who was previously believed to have died of a peanut allergy after kissing her boyfriend.
Michel Miron said Christina Desforges, 15, died of cerebral anoxia, or lack of oxygen to the brain, triggered by the attack.
The girl stopped breathing Nov. 20 after kissing her boyfriend, who had eaten peanut butter several hours earlier. Miron said she had spent hours at a party with smokers when her breathing problems began.
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