Scores of the US are reporting a higher rate than usual in tick bites which has prompted medics to warn about the many Lyme disease symptoms.

Nearly 10 days after the bite and following a meal of roasted rabbit, the unidentified subject began to experience abdominal pain. That pain continued after eating red meat.

AGS leaves those affected with an allergy to the sugar galactose-α-1,3-galactose, also known as alpha-gal, which is found notably in red meat. Just one bite from a lone star tick could mean saying ...

Butler suspected she had alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that can develop in response to the bite of a lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). The diagnosis was later confirmed by lab testing.

Dr. Jonathan Buttram, an allergist at UT Health in Tyler, sees several cases per year. Buttram said that if someone consumes ...

A tick bite triggered a life-threatening allergy to meat in an Asbury Park woman. Here's how living with alpha-gal syndrome changed her life.

'Red meat allergy' caused by tick bites might be increasing in association with fragmented habitats, with analysis indicating an east to west gradient of increasing risk across the mid-Atlantic U.S.

Kansas State University researchers say red meat allergy from tick bites is becoming more common. AJ Dome/Kansas Reflector; Feb 1, 2025 Feb 1, 2025 Updated Feb 1, 2025; Facebook; ...

Tiffanie Dartez Laymon has had 'alpha-gal syndrome' for two years now. It's transmitted through lone star tick bites and can make you severely allergic to red meat.

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The rise is especially prevalent in the Northeast, where June figures show 229 tick bites per every 100,000 visits to ERs — up from 167 per 100,000 visits in June 2024.

About 110,000 cases of alpha-gal syndrome - caused by lone star tick bites - were reported in the U.S. But up to 340K other cases went unreported.