Whenever Lena's husband returned after staying with his lover, she had a severe cough. One day, she meets her rival love and collapses. Doctors determined Lena died of sudden allergic shock, leading to edema (called Quincke edema) and suffocation.
The allergen comes from a third person - that's Kachia - Lena's husband's lover.
Picture illustrating Quincke's disease (Photo: derma)
At the beginning of the school year, when Kachia, a young lecturer teaching German to accept a job at the faculty, the 50-year-old Sviatoslav department leader changed dramatically. Like fire near the straw, only a short time later, the two had a relationship with each other.
As for Sviatoslav, after work often come home very late. He explained to his wife that he was writing a doctoral thesis. Lena seemed to feel that every day her husband returned from the mistress, she was often very tired. She often had severe coughing attacks. The strange thing is that on the days when Sviatoslav did not meet Kachia, Lena felt better. Doctors discovered she had asthma, so she had to take medicine regularly.
Terrible answer
Allergy experts tried to determine the cause of Lena's allergies, and they asked her husband to see the doctor to determine some details. Sviatoslav appeared the next day. The doctor asked if he used any new perfume, did there be any changes in his work or did the agency fix anything? . It was suggested that he tell all about the changes in his life at the time. nearest time. Sviatoslav thought of Kachia, but did not tell all the facts.
The doctor told him that in medicine there are cases when a person carries with him a pheromone received from another person, these substances can cause allergies and greatly affect the health of a third person and that person is not another is his wife. The doctor asked Sviatoslav to bring Kachia. At first Sviatoslav thought that the doctor's proposal was completely silly, but he still did it.
The last shot of powder
Once after hearing the news of a woman on the phone that Sviatoslav had a normal relationship with a new female faculty member, Lena thanked the reporter and quickly put on her jacket. Without knocking, she rushed into her husband's study. In the room there was only Kachia.
Upon seeing Kachia, Lena became pale, pale with a heavy breath. She could not stand but leaned back in the chair. She collapsed and then had a cough. Kachia rushed out to inform Sviatoslav and called emergency. Doctors have determined Lena died of sudden allergic shock, leading to edema (called Quincke edema) and suffocation.
Quincke edema is often the premise of allergy shock. When there is a feeling of tension on the face, the lips, eyelids, ears, tongue increase and the airways become edema, leading to difficulty breathing to asphyxiation. As in the case of Lena, the identification of the source of the allergen comes from a third person, which is Kachia, so the consequences in such cases are often fatal. For Lena's case, if the emergency call was not saved at the time, she would be allergic to the direct agent.
The last issue is resolved in court.
In the spring of 1990, 11-year-old Kevin Ryan from Illinois, USA, was present at the meeting of the US Senate committee on environmental protection.I complained that since my family appeared new neighbors were employees of a chemical company producing pesticides, my limbs started to get numb, my joints hurt, chest tightness, sometimes Sometimes I have diarrhea and vomiting.That situation lasted for months without end.
MPs' opinions were not unanimous: Some people believed the boy, but others said that their parents were simply trying to extort money from the health insurance company.Moreover, the data given by Ryan's therapist showed that nothing was found in the boy.
After a break, the representative of the chemical company, where the neighbors of the Ryan family were working, was invited to the meeting.When this person sat down next to the boy, he began to have difficulty breathing and gradually lost consciousness.The doctor present in the trial determined that he had an acute allergy, followed by throat edema and increased heart rate.People were immediately rescued for the boy, otherwise he would die from suffocation.The allergy specialist who spoke at the meeting later explained the reason for the smell coming from the chemicals of the chemical company employees.
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