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Killjoy note that the allergy may well be unrelated to the transfusion, despite occurring after it.
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Killjoy note that the allergy may well be unrelated to the transfusion, despite occurring after it.
- tim333 3y agoThough it seems quite plausible something in the blood caused an immune reaction that then also gets set of by egg protein.
- BurningFrog 3y agoFWIW, ChatGPT 3.5 says: "The development of a new food allergy, such as an allergy to eggs, as a direct result of a blood transfusion is extremely rare and not a well-documented phenomenon. Food allergies are typically triggered by exposure to specific allergenic proteins found in foods, and blood transfusions do not typically involve the introduction of food proteins."
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoChatGPT 3.5 is known to make mistakes, hallucinate, and not care about the factuality of its responses. Given this, a comment which does nothing but quote chatGPT 3.5 verbatim can do more harm than not commenting at all, especially on health matters, where such qualities can constitute outright recklessness. If you want to share your own thoughts, though, I know I'd welcome them. At least humans have a greater than 0% chance of caring about the well-being of humans.
- tim333 3y agoDunno but it seems not unheard of see eg. Peanut and fish allergy due to platelet transfusion in a child https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562830/