FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-up1154arrow-down110
arrow-up1144arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareneuroneiro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoWhere can I learn more about which medications & vegan food or clothing are affected?
minus-squareKyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoStart here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoWell it’s in gelatin which is used to encapsulate many medications.
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSome seaweeds and seaweed derivatives contain alpha-gal
Where can I learn more about which medications & vegan food or clothing are affected?
Start here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
Thanks
Well it’s in gelatin which is used to encapsulate many medications.
Thank you
Some seaweeds and seaweed derivatives contain alpha-gal
I appreciate that. Thanks.