FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down110
arrow-up1143arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 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