Tick bite can lead to meat allergy

Lamb · Jul 13, 2018

Tick bites can cause all sorts of nasty afflictions. And if you're bitten by a Lone Star tick, here's one more to add to the list: a red meat allergy.https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...llergies-caused-by-tick-bites-are-on-the-rise

Alpha gal is a sugar that animals — including cows, pigs and lamb — make in their bodies. "As humans, we don't make this alpha gal sugar," Commins explains. "We all make an immune response to it." So, how does a tick bite cause the allergy?

It's possible that ticks inject humans with alpha gal when they bite. The ticks likely get it from feeding off wild animals, such as mice or squirrels, that also carry alpha gal. Or it's possible that ticks activate the response in another way.

Of course this is uncommon but it's life altering to those who get bit. Chicken meat is still tolerable for them!

psalms 91 · Jul 13, 2018

never heard of this

Krissy Cakes · Jul 16, 2018

interesting

Tick bite can lead to meat allergy

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