Woman seriously ill and hospitalized after having a major 'allergic reaction' to coffee

Aika Doheny had a severe allergic reaction to coffee and ended up in a Japanese hospital where she remained in an intensive care unit. The costs to bring her home to Ireland are enormous

Aika Dohen, had traveled to Japan on vacation but fell seriously ill while drinking coffee, it is understood

A young woman is seriously ill in a Tokyo after having an "allergic reaction" to coffee.

Aika Doheny went to Japan on vacation but fell seriously ill a fortnight ago after drinking the harmless drink, that's understood.

She is an alumnus of Presentation Secondary School at the National University of Ireland in Galway and hopes to become a research assistant.

But the young woman, in her twenties, from Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, had a severe reaction to the coffee and landed in Japanese hospital.

Several efforts have been made to try to avoid the allergic reaction to the drink using an epipen, but the results have been limited and it was taken to the hospital in Tokyo.

Several efforts have been made to try to avoid the allergic reaction to the drink (

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The Irish Mirror reported that the young woman has remained in an intensive care unit for the past two weeks and that efforts are being made to bring her back from Japan by medical air ambulance.

But it is understood that the costs of this operation are in excess of several hundred thousand euros (£174,000) and a fundraiser will be launched shortly to help fund the cost of repatriation to a Dublin-based hospital.

The Foreign Office said it was well aware of the matter.

A department spokesperson added, "The Department of Foreign Affairs is aware of the matter. As with all consular cases, the Department does not comment on the details of a specific case."

In another serious case of allergies, The Mirror reported how a woman was struck down with a rare condition that means she faints every time she gets up.

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