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Nearly half a million in US may have been affected by tick-bite meat allergy

CDC issues warning over alpha-gal syndrome, red-meat allergy primarily associated with lone-star tick salivaUp to 450,000 Americans may have been affected by a potentially life-threatening red meat allergy caused by ticks as many doctors remain unaware of what it is or how to treat it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In new reports released on Thursday, the CDC found that between 96,000 and 450,000 Americans since 2010 may have been affected by alpha-gal syndrome. The syndrome, also known as a red meat allergy or tick-bite meat allergy, stems from alpha-gal, a sugar molecule not naturally present in humans. Instead, it is found in meat including pork, beef, rabbit, lamb and venison, as well as products made from mammals including gelatin and milk products. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...gy-ags-cdc

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Ticks already cause lyme disease, now this meat allergy.

Lots of people have lyme disease in US due to ticks. Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Alec Baldwin, Shania Twain, Ben Stiller, Bella Hadid, Debbie Gibson etc.


Each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC by state health departments and the District of Columbia. However, this number does not reflect every case of Lyme disease that is diagnosed in the United States every year. 

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using other methods suggest that approximately 476,000 people may get Lyme disease each year in the United States.


https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/datasurveillance/index.html

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