Hours after eating red meat, people with the allergy can experience hives, redness, itching, swelling and intense gastrointestinal distress.
report prepared for the government’s Tick-Borne Disease Working GroupOne reason may be the explosion of the deer population on the East coast, said Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, who heads the division of allergy and clinical immunology at the University of Virginia and who helped discover the link between the lone star tick and the allergy.“This is a very odd situation.
The symptoms can include hives, redness, itching and swelling. Some patients complain of intense gastrointestinal distress, like, Commins said. People can end up with anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that requires emergency treatment. Most of his patients carry Epi pens.
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