A man in Britain has found himself housebound after tick bites left him with a life-threatening allergy to red meat. Mr Christopher Goldman, 28, suffers from alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness. It can cause anaphylaxis if meat such as beef, lamb or pork is...
The most severe incident occurred on June 28, when he broke out into hives and his face and tongue swelled up. Even after he regained consciousness, Mr Goldman said he was unable to cry for help.The condition develops after a person is bitten by a tick which carries the alpha-gal molecule in its saliva. Once it is in a human’s blood stream, the molecule causes the immune system to make antibodies that cause a reaction to red meat.
But across the Atlantic, new data in July from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of Americans developing the allergy is rising.
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