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Man dies from a meat allergy caused by a tick bite
NBC Newsยท 2025-11-14 15:55
A 47year-old man from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha gal syndrome. It's the red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Now, researchers at the University of Virginia publicly reported the cause of death this week after months of investigation.The illness usually starts with a bite from the lone star tick that sensitizes a person's immune system to a sugar molecule found in meat. Symptoms include nausea, stomach cramps, trouble breathing even. Officials believe there are 450,000 Am ...