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2. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You Haven't ... - AOL

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   Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness, is shaping up to be the new Lyme disease. Learn more about the disease and why it has doctors perplexed. Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness, is ...

3. Alpha-gal syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), also known as alpha-gal allergy or mammalian meat allergy (MMA), [1] is a type of acquired allergy characterized by a delayed onset of symptoms (3–8 hours) after ingesting mammalian meat. The condition results from past exposure to certain tick bites and was first reported in 2002.

4. What is alpha-gal syndrome, the meat allergy caused by a tick ...

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   Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that leads to allergic reactions from eating red meat, which includes the meat of cows, deer, pigs or goats. The allergy can be potentially life-threatening.

5. Meat allergy linked to lone star ticks is often misdiagnosed ...

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   Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that leads to allergic reactions from eating red meat, including meat of cows, deer, pigs or goats. Some people also develop allergies to dairy and other ...

6. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Alpha-gal allergy - Alpha-gal syndrome is likely caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the Alpha-gal (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) sugar molecule introduced by ticks while feeding on a human host. The immune reaction can leave people with an allergy to red meat and other mammalian derived products.

7. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia

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   When a tick feeds on the blood of a mammal (bandicoot, possum, cat, dog etc.) it takes alpha-gal into the tick's digestive system. When the same tick attaches to the next host (e.g., a human) it transfers the alpha-gal to the tissues of that next host.

8. Most tick bites go unnoticed. Here's are photos and expert ...

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   It can also cause alpha-gal syndrome, ... Signs and symptoms of tick-borne illnesses. According to the CDC, the symptoms of diseases transmitted by ticks can include: Fever. Chills.

9. Southern tick-associated rash illness - Wikipedia

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   This illness is a tick-borne disease carried by the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum.This tick was first proposed as a possible vector of disease in 1984, [2] and the illnesses associated with the tick called "Lyme-like disease", [3] but it was not recognized to be distinct from Lyme disease until the late 1990s.