artifex@piefed.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globallyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-link“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globallyarstechnica.comartifex@piefed.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square91linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareBilb!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThis isn’t caused by a parasite, its caused by the tick injecting alpha-gal that it picked up from other mammals in large enough amounts that it triggers the immune system to create antibodies for it. But yeah, I’d be fine with exterminating ticks.
This isn’t caused by a parasite, its caused by the tick injecting alpha-gal that it picked up from other mammals in large enough amounts that it triggers the immune system to create antibodies for it. But yeah, I’d be fine with exterminating ticks.