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Category: Tick borne illnesses

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Can you eat meat after being bit by a tick?

5 min read
According to the CDC, over 110,000 suspected cases of Alpha-gal syndrome were identified in the US between 2010 and 2022, a serious allergy to meat that can be triggered by a tick bite. This condition develops when a person's immune system becomes sensitized to a sugar molecule found in most mammals.