Risks: Allergic to Peanuts, Even in Transfused Blood
By RONI CARYN RABIN
NYT
Doctors in the Netherlands said that a 6-year-old boy with an allergy to peanuts went into anaphylactic shock after receiving a blood transfusion from donors who had been snacking on them.
The episode, described in a letter published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, occurred last year as the boy was being treated for leukemia. While receiving a transfusion of blood platelets, he broke out in a rash, his blood pressure dropped and he had difficulty breathing.
He recovered after treatment, but doctors were mystified by his reaction. The boy’s mother then recalled that he had had a similar experience at the age of 1 after eating peanuts, and she said he had not eaten them since.
Blood tests revealed that the child had indeed developed an allergic reaction to peanuts during the transfusion. Three of five donors whose platelets were used recalled that they had eaten peanuts the evening before donating blood.
(More here.)
NYT
Doctors in the Netherlands said that a 6-year-old boy with an allergy to peanuts went into anaphylactic shock after receiving a blood transfusion from donors who had been snacking on them.
The episode, described in a letter published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, occurred last year as the boy was being treated for leukemia. While receiving a transfusion of blood platelets, he broke out in a rash, his blood pressure dropped and he had difficulty breathing.
He recovered after treatment, but doctors were mystified by his reaction. The boy’s mother then recalled that he had had a similar experience at the age of 1 after eating peanuts, and she said he had not eaten them since.
Blood tests revealed that the child had indeed developed an allergic reaction to peanuts during the transfusion. Three of five donors whose platelets were used recalled that they had eaten peanuts the evening before donating blood.
(More here.)
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