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Tick bites and meat allergies: What to know

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a really bizarre phenomenon where tick bites cause individuals to become allergic to red meats.
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Tick bites: What’s normal, what’s not, and when to get checked

Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such ...

This tick bite can cause alpha-gal syndrome—making you allergic to meat

A single tick bite can reprogram the immune system and trigger an allergy to red meat, scientifically known as alpha-gal ...
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Man’s death linked to meat allergy disease caused by tick bite

While his death was more than a year ago, researchers recently determined he died from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS, CBS News reported. AGS can be caused when a person is bitten by a Lone Star Tick. The ...
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First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite

A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Researchers at the University of Virginia School ...
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First death linked to red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers say

An airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person to have died of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...