Health Officials: Meat Allergy Related to Tick Bites Skyrocketing in Virginia
A meat allergy related to tick bites is on the rise as numbers explode across Virginia, causing health officials concern.
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A meat allergy related to tick bites is on the rise as numbers explode across Virginia, causing health officials concern.
Alpha-gal syndrome, a disease spread by the lone star tick, can cause severe allergies that result from eating red meat. The condition has become more prevalent in the United States as the lone star ticks, native to the southeastern states, continues to spread north and west to multiply in new states. Allergic reactions to lone star tick bites are connected to the protein-linked sugar alpha-galactose. The lone star tick's primary mammalian hosts contain these sugars, which then get passed on to human hosts through the insect's saliva. Not naturally present in humans, alpha-gal leads to...
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