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Can you be allergic to kissing?

Yes, but the allergic reaction does not occur due to an "immune rejection" of the other person, but because the other person has been able to ingest a medicine or a food to which we are allergic shortly before . A study published a few years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine reports proven allergic crises unleashed in people kissed by others who had just eaten allergenic foods, specifically peanuts, walnuts and other dried fruits. The recipients of the oscula presented swelling, hives, angioedema and even sneezing.

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