Ticks That Can Make People Severely Allergic To Meat Are Spreading In The U.S.

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71. Yes, all allergies can cause anaphylactic reactions and kill you

You can get an anaphylactic reaction from a bee sting, from latex gloves, from shelfish, or from peanuts if you become allergic to any of these things: and you can die. But that has nothing to do with the fact that this particular allergy is thought--universally--to recede over time; that is to say: the antibody levels have been found to drop over time. (Of course, I wouldn't eat red meat ever again if I had contracted this allergy, because it's just not worth it; I became allergic to peanuts in the 1970s: I suspect I am no longer deadly allergic to them after nearly forty years, but I wouldn't go near a peanut if my life depended on it: the very smell makes me ill from association with my earlier horrible reactions.)

I do not understand what your objection to my (true) statement is. ALL ALLERGIES CAN LEAD TO ANAPHYLAXIS. This tick-derived allergy to red meat can, too. It's a serious condition if undiagnosed. Like all allergies. That has nothing to do with its progression.

I am allergic to peanuts. My mother is deadly allergic to insect bites and has almost died several times from them. I understand the seriousness of allergies. But this has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that with the tick-induced allergy, the antibody levels do recede over a period of years.

Got that?