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How a Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic to Meat

How a Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic to Meat

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A single tick bite can trigger a bizarre meat allergy—here’s how alpha-gal syndrome is reshaping people’s diets.

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A tick bite can trigger a rare allergy to red meat and animal
products, forcing major lifestyle changes. Scientist Lee Haines
joins host Rachel Feltman to break down what causes alpha-gal
syndrome, why it’s spreading and how to spot the signs. Recommended
Reading Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading—And
Nearly Half of Doctors Don’t Know about It This Tick Can Make You
Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading “A Red Meat Allergy from Tick
Bites Is Spreading—And the Lone Star Tick Isn’t the Only Alpha-Gal
Carrier to Worry About,” by Lee Rafuse Haines, in the Conversation.
Published online August 5, 2025 Haines’s profile at the
Conversation Haines’s profile at the University of Notre Dame’s
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Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura.
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