A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – lone star tick isn’t the only carrier to worry about https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080925_meat_allergy/a-red-meat-allergy-from-tick-bites-spreading-8211-lone-star-tick-isnt-only-carrier-worry-about/
An allergic reaction called alpha-gal syndrome - commonly called the “red meat allergy,” though that is misleading, because alpha-gal syndrome can cause strong reactions to many products - is rapidly spreading in the U.S. and around the globe, due to tick bites.
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@firefly @TucsonSentinel Wow! Yikes.
@firefly @TucsonSentinel @ai6yr
yeah i've written about this one for work.. (so many things i've written about, i wish people were aware of)
it's pretty wild. and yea, still very much unknown
as a vegetarian tho, i hardly think it's that big of a problem.
(not cause for celebration as one poster mentioned, but this is one illness i'm not having a lot of empathy for. that said, i am sorry people get the severe gastro distress before they figure out what's going on)
You will eat the bugs, you will live in your 15min city, you will have nothing, you will have no privacy and be happy.
funny how nature works isn't it
@TucsonSentinel maybe it's the planet's way of asking us to stop over grazing her.
This is the biggest reason I'm paranoid about ticks. I'm already allergic to dairy, nuts, beans and other legumes, and most seeds and grains. If I lost mammalian meat, I'd have almost no sources of protein left.
@TucsonSentinel Really informative article — thanks!
@TucsonSentinel @ai6yr My cousin in Charlottesville, VA just contracted Alpha-Gal from a tick bite in June. No more red meat or dairy of any kind for her. People need to know about this disease.