| A delayed allergic reaction to meat may be due to tick bites, a new study has revealed. This new syndrome has been a mystery, but now doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University have made the link between eating meat and severe allergic reaction or anaphylaxis. Writing in the , doctors Susan Wolver, Diane Sun and colleagues recounted the symptoms of three patients: hives, swelling, and trouble breathing, usually three to six hours after eating meat. The bite of the Lone Star tick, endemic in the southeastern United States, had caused these patients to become allergic to red meat. In response to the tick bite, patients developed antibodies to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal, which is also...
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