Posted on Apr 3, 2023
Ticks! Ick! The latest science on the red meat allergy caused by some tick bites
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Check for ticks! It may be the words to a country song but you don’t want to have ticks!
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Glad I don't have this allergy but did have Lymes from a deer tick, yuck!!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."And, there’s another emerging risk linked to tick bites known as alpha-gal syndrome, which causes a red meat allergy. Scientists first connected the dots between red meat allergies and tick bites more than a decade ago, when they identified patients who got allergic reactions such as hives or anaphylaxis after eating beef or pork."
..."And, there’s another emerging risk linked to tick bites known as alpha-gal syndrome, which causes a red meat allergy. Scientists first connected the dots between red meat allergies and tick bites more than a decade ago, when they identified patients who got allergic reactions such as hives or anaphylaxis after eating beef or pork."
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