Peanut Allergy: New meaning to the phrase "Kiss of Death"

I hope you haven't been overloaded with postings about peanut allergy. I couldn't pass a latest report up about allergic reactions associated with kissing. Published reports have previously accounted for severe allergic reactions occurring soon after eating peanuts and kissing someone. The lesson learned was to wash and rinse out the mouth and wash face and hands before contacting anyone that is allergic to peanuts or other nuts.

Rinsing out the mouth and washing the face may not be enough for some food or drug allergic people. Apparently food or drug allergen may show up in the saliva hours after eating it.

Dr. Bahna, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology addressed this earlier this week at the college's national meeting in Phoenix.

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