Feeling sick after eating that steak dinner? You could have a rare but potentially severe tick-borne allergy

Health professionals need to know more about alpha-gal syndrome – a rare tick-borne condition that can cause severe and even deadly allergic reactions to red meat and other food products derived from mammals, U. S. researchers warn. That warning about the syndrome – which is usually caused by a bite from the lone star tick – comes in an alarming case study about an otherwise healthy…

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