DESCRIPTION – People with allergies should be careful in any situation.
The intimate sphere is not exempt from risks for allergy sufferers. A kiss by a loved one who has eaten peanuts can lead to anaphylactic shock in a peanut-allergic person, even if the person who made the gesture took care to brush their teeth beforehand, because traces of peanuts can remain for several hours stays on her lips after ingestion. “An allergy can therefore also be caused by proxy, remember the Dr Ariane Nemni, head of the allergology department at the Robert-Ballanger Hospital Center in Aulnay-sous-Bois. And not just by a casual kiss: a massage with a cosmetic containing food proteins – for example sesame – can cause a reaction in the allergic person ranging from hives to shock.. For this reason, an allergic person must be careful about what is put on their skin. Sometimes still, the fact that a man has ingested a food allergen, especially Brazil nuts that are not destroyed by digestion and can …
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