FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThe Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts-Including Us. Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndromewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down111
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkThe Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts-Including Us. Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndromewww.newyorker.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 days agoI’ve read that since alpha-gal is found in the skin cells of cats and dogs, it can even cause severe respiratory allergies around pets
I’ve read that since alpha-gal is found in the skin cells of cats and dogs, it can even cause severe respiratory allergies around pets