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Based on my understanding that Covid-19 significantly impacts the blood and red meat is a primary source of important nutrients pertinent to blood health, I googled "alpha gal covid" and there are a few articles that turn up, such as: The antibody response to the glycan α-Gal correlates with COVID-19 disease symptoms https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.26575 U.S. Pharmacy Chain Will Not Give COVID-19 Vacc…
This and Lyme are my main(ly irrational) reasons for never hiking outside of, like, Hawaii. And I'm sure a more seasoned HNer can scare me away from that, too. Any news on whether exposure treatments like those for peanut allergies have any effect on alpha-gal allergies too?
I still do very long hikes each summer, but now I'm obsessed with ticks and constantly scan and dodge grass blades.
I refuse to apply nasty chemicals on myself though.
Can someone explain the mechanism by which the allergy does not disappear after a period of time? Does the body essentially generate an immune response to the foreign molecule and then basically attack it whenever you encounter it again (e.g., by consuming red meat)?
Any foremost protein (maybe some other substances too) in fact. So even proteins that come from the patient's own body could be targeted - cf. Autoimmune diseases.
But depending on the circumstances, some allergic reactions might recede on abstinence, e.g. when the system is overreacting. But usually allergies are immune-responses and don't disappear over night.
Is the subtext here that it makes women bossy?
As someone allergic to penicillin, I've wondered if there is any residual trace in meat, and possible implications, given that animal feed contains antibiotics that include penicillin.
This and Lyme are my main(ly irrational) reasons for never hiking outside of, like, Hawaii. And I'm sure a more seasoned HNer can scare me away from that, too. Any news on whether exposure treatments like those for peanut allergies have any effect on alpha-gal allergies too?
You can come hike in Denmark. Over the last decade it has apparently become more efficient to keeps the dairy cows inside and harvest the grass for them. Feels completely wrong, and I never figured out what changes in rules or technology triggered this. Then you just need a TBE-vaccine and a daily tick-check to make sure you don't get lyme -- and you are good to go exploring our great nation which includes e.g. the o…
I live in a part of Sydney Australia, where this is s prevalent and ongoing concern.
I know a few people with the affliction.
Imagine having a deathly allergy to peanuts, but nobody understands, or cares, or doesn't believe it's real. You inform them and the food they serve you can kill you.
You can't go anywhere, you can't eat out, you can't even take a flight (not that we are now, but just imagine), because a steaming dish from your neighbour seat will send you into anaphylaxis (based on a real story!).
There is hope that it 'goes away' but the people I am close to, who have had this for at least 6 years now, it hasn't gone away.
We really don't know a lot about this.
Also, fuck ticks. Kill them all!