The 47-year-old pilot died last year in what researchers believe is the first documented death of its kind.
Symptoms for alpha-gal syndrome - which in 2011 was first linked to bites from the Lone Star tick - can include hives, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, severe stomach pain, difficulty breathing, dizziness and swelling of the lips, throat, tongue or eyelids.
The reaction to the foods that cause the symptoms can be delayed, and usually present themselves a few hours later, unlike some other food allergies, which occur soon after eating.
The new research follows the case of a healthy airline pilot who went camping in 2024 with his wife and children. They had steak for supper. This was unusual, as he rarely ate meat.
He woke at 2am with violent pain in his abdomen, vomiting and diarrhoea.
The next day he ate breakfast and went on a five-mile walk.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/a-us-man...-a-meat-allergy-linked-to-tick-bites-13470460
Symptoms for alpha-gal syndrome - which in 2011 was first linked to bites from the Lone Star tick - can include hives, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, severe stomach pain, difficulty breathing, dizziness and swelling of the lips, throat, tongue or eyelids.
The reaction to the foods that cause the symptoms can be delayed, and usually present themselves a few hours later, unlike some other food allergies, which occur soon after eating.
The new research follows the case of a healthy airline pilot who went camping in 2024 with his wife and children. They had steak for supper. This was unusual, as he rarely ate meat.
He woke at 2am with violent pain in his abdomen, vomiting and diarrhoea.
The next day he ate breakfast and went on a five-mile walk.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/a-us-man...-a-meat-allergy-linked-to-tick-bites-13470460