Housecall: Can a tick bite cause an allergy to red meat?

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Alpha-gal syndrome? Can a tick bite cause an allergy to red meat? Yes. Alpha-gal syndrome is a recently identified type of food allergy to red meat. In the U.S., the condition most often begins when a Lone Star tick bite transmits a sugar molecule called alpha-gal into the body. In some [...]
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