Tick bites could lead to severe food allergies

Commentary: Scientific reports are emerging that new mechanisms for food allergies related to tick-bites have appeared in hundreds of adults across the US. The bite from the lone star tick can cause a rare allergy to eating beef and dairy, leading to delayed allergic reactions. This is called an Alpha-Gal allergy. Symptoms range from hives to full blown anaphylaxis, and highlight the need to practice proper tick-prevention strategies, as well as considering tick-bites in the differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained severe allergic reactions . I discuss this allergy in my book on page 395, in the chapter on Lyme and gastrointestinal health, and the role of food allergies and resistant Lyme symptoms are discussed in chapter 15 of my book, Lyme and allergies.

Tick bites could lead to severe food allergies, by Ian Reitz, WMSM