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The Lonestar Tick and red meat allergy
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:20 pm
Anybody else recently pick this up? Officially it's an alpha-galactose allergy transmitted through through the Lonestar tick, but it's triggered by beef and pork. Severe hives, just terrible, full body hives.
Poultry and fish only for me now.
Poultry and fish only for me now.
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Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:21 pm to Sigma
frick.
This.
This.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:21 pm to Sigma
I know someone with this affliction. I feel really bad for him.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:22 pm to Sigma
Verry common in middle Tennessee.. and I'm constantly exposed to them 
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:23 pm to Sigma
quote:Forever or just for now?
Poultry and fish only for me now.
I don't know if I could give up red meat by choice or not.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:24 pm to Sigma
quote:
Anybody else recently pick this up?
I try to keep myself tick free.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:26 pm to bmy
quote:
Verry common in middle Tennessee.. and I'm constantly exposed to them
Is this true?
I pulled a tick off my balls after swimming in the Harpeth like 3 weeks ago.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:27 pm to Sigma
Oh shite! I just recently had a mild allergic reaction and I have no idea what it is from!
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:28 pm to Sigma
quote:
triggered by beef and pork. Severe hives, just terrible, full body hives.
oh well I guess I will have to chance it...I love beef and pork
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:30 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:The tick would need to be on you for 24-48 hours for you to catch anything from it. And then that actual tick would need to be infected, which is a minuscule chance. The probability of you getting something from a tick is freakishly low
Is this true?
I pulled a tick off my balls after swimming in the Harpeth like 3 weeks ago.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:31 pm to Sigma
I've pulled hundreds of lonestars off myself but have just gotten lucky. I know 3 guys that have gotten this within the last 5 years
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:41 pm to TheCaterpillar
Unfortunately common.. 
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:41 pm to Sigma
Sounds miserable
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:42 pm to lsupride87
All lonestars that have ever bitten another non-human mammal have, and will transmit, the carbohydrate that causes it to you. But like you said, they have to be on you for at least 12 hours+ for it to actually transmit, sort of like Lyme.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:43 pm to bmy
quote:No it isnt. It is extremely, extremely uncommon
common
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:45 pm to gazelles
It really sucks. I pulled one off my waist about a month ago. A couple days later I had two enormous burgers for dinner one night. Woke up and on the way to the bathroom noticed my arm itched a bit but since it was dark I didn't really pay attention. Turned the light on in the bathroom and I looked like I had rolled around in poison ivy. Even my scalp was on fire.
Had a big pot roast the next week and the same thing started to happen. Luckily I took a couple Benadryl and suffered through a milder break out.
Then yesterday my dad tells me he pulled a lonestar tick off himself a few days ago and had a steak with no ill effects. I even had a small portion of pork the other night and nothing happened. So I'm thinking I was just wrong, the hives were just a coincidence.
Nope. Cheeseburger last night, crazy hives this morning. Now after a steroid shot, steroid course, and a Claritin prescription in hand, I'm sure it's the allergy. It's real.
Had a big pot roast the next week and the same thing started to happen. Luckily I took a couple Benadryl and suffered through a milder break out.
Then yesterday my dad tells me he pulled a lonestar tick off himself a few days ago and had a steak with no ill effects. I even had a small portion of pork the other night and nothing happened. So I'm thinking I was just wrong, the hives were just a coincidence.
Nope. Cheeseburger last night, crazy hives this morning. Now after a steroid shot, steroid course, and a Claritin prescription in hand, I'm sure it's the allergy. It's real.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:46 pm to Sigma
There were a couple thousand cases last year in the united states. So 2,000/300,000,000 is .000667%. Wouldnt call that common 
Yes, if you are in the outdoors in the summer check yourself before coming indoors. But this isnt something one should worry about or call common
Yes, if you are in the outdoors in the summer check yourself before coming indoors. But this isnt something one should worry about or call commonPosted on 6/18/15 at 2:47 pm to Sigma
quote:Could be something else. Symptoms should not show until a month after the tick bite
I pulled one off my waist about a month ago. A couple days later I had two enormous burgers for dinner one night. Woke up and on the way to the bathroom noticed my arm itched a bit but since it was dark I didn't really pay attention.
ETA: You should def get tested
This post was edited on 6/18/15 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:51 pm to lsupride87
I could be off on the timing of the bite. Last night was the first time I'd had beef since the last incident. Normally I'm skeptical of such things, but three times is leaving coincidence and entering trend. Probably should get the test, but I'm pretty convinced.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:51 pm to lsupride87
It's common for people who regularly come in contact with lonestars ticks, which isn't that high of a number. Much more so than other insect vector transmissions. Literally every lonestar that has come in contact with a mammal has this, which is probably a good portion of them each season.
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