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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the charity, Lyme Disease UK, is urging the public to look out for these dangerous ...
The allergy is known as alpha-gal syndrome, which is also a potentially life-threatening condition. Scientists think that the ...
Symptoms usually appear 3 to 16 days after a tick bite. The same ticks that carry Lyme Disease can also transmit Ehrlichiosis at the same time. Without treatment Ehrlichiosis can be fatal.
Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...
Lyme disease might be the most common tick-borne illness, but there are several other diseases you should know about this summer.
Alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, is one tick-triggered allergy that can change what you eat, the medications you tolerate and how ...
Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.
Traditionally, the lone star tick was the primary suspect in alpha-gal cases. However, recent studies reveal that other tick species, such as the western blacklegged and blacklegged ticks, may also ...
With temperatures warming up and more people heading outdoors, residents are once again reminded to keep an eye out for ticks ...
Americans have been issued a warning over two specific species of tick to look out for right now following a surge in the ...
Nearly 10 days after the bite and following a meal of roasted ... to resume eating red meat ten months after her first symptoms. The tick that had bitten her was a deer tick.
Some tick bites can cause Alpha-gal syndrome ... area for signs of rash or fever for several weeks after the bite. See a doctor if there are symptoms, the extension office advised.