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Learn about alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy that makes people allergic to red meat. Discover symptoms, causes, and ...
It’s not just the hiking trail where you need to worry about ticks. These arthropods are now a problem in major cities—and ...
Lone star ticks are spreading across the US due to climate change, triggering alpha-gal syndrome—a red meat allergy. Experts ...
The lone star tick can cause Alpha-gal Syndrome. The tick essentially transfers a sugar molecule called alpha-gal to your body via the bite, and that molecule can cause allergic r ...
Ticks have been known to transmit diseases to humans, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but now a recently discovered red meat allergy could become more common.
Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.
Some tick bites can cause Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), making people allergic to red meat and some other mammal products. Three tick species in the U.S. are known to transmit AGS: the lone star tick ...
Ticks are spreading beyond traditional regions experiencing an uptick in milder winters, with experts warning about the rise ...
The latest estimate of 450,000 people with red-meat allergy is likely an undercount, Commins said. Even if 450,000 is accurate, “that’s going to place alpha-gal syndrome in the top 10 of food ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bites from lone star ticks are causing an allergic reaction to red meat, and maybe more than 400,000 people in the U.S. are affected.
Patients who have digestive symptoms only after eating red meat may have developed an allergy caused by ticks. The CDC says hundreds of thousands of people may have been affected over the past decade.
Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.