We have three types here. Them dog ticks are fast and yes, seed ticks are often in a group. They’re baby ticks and hang around where they hatch for a little while. And we have the Lone Star tick which is the Alpha-Gal tick. I got the allergy 20 years ago in Fl while cleaning up the mo-in-laws wooded property up by the GA line.
Been dealing with it ever since because I decided to buy a hunk of forest. I get the hives from mammalian meat for an hour at 1-2 am sometimes when I have it for dinner 5-6 hours earlier. Only delayed food allergy there is. All others are minutes.
Comes and goes because I will not stop eating beef. I’m not eating chicken and fish the rest of my life. I do stay away from ribeye though. Baby Back Ribs too. NY Strip is my limit as far as fattiness goes.
Took a bite of the son’s steak last night. Gawd it was good. Picanha - good alternative to NY Strip and nearly half the price. I’ll try 3-4 bites tonight. I just keep eating a little more all the time until I’m over it — until the next Lone Star bite sets me back again.
Been doing that for years and last year found a study or experiment a couple of Turkish doctors did on some alpha-gal afflicted patients. Started with tiny amount of beef extract(water that beef was boiled in), then went to small chunks and doubled the amount every couple of days. A Desensitization Protocol.
It’s been much better out here since I spread Sevin Granules. Need to get a couple more bags and expand the safe zone. Might be able to smoke some regular pork ribs soon. Eat one the first day, two the next and so on and do it on my days off because a reaction with hives wipes me out for the next day.
I have chronic hives .... why, I don’t know other than I am allergic to a lot of stuff. Sometimes I wake up with them. Sometimes my feet start itching & other times I get them on my thighs and/or around my knees.
I did some research a couple of years ago & ran across an obscure reference to Vitamin D for hives:
“Dr. Andrew Weil highlights a University of Nebraska Medical Center study showing that adding 4,000 IUs of vitamin D3 daily to standard allergy medication significantly reduces the severity of chronic hives. In the study, patients taking this higher dose experienced a further 40 percent decrease in symptom severity after three months, compared to those taking a lower 600 IU dose which saw no additional improvement after the first week.
Dr. Weil generally recommends 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily for general health, noting that deficiency is common due to limited sun exposure and sunscreen use, but specifically endorses the higher 4,000 IU dose for chronic urticaria based on the cited clinical trial.”
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I started at 4,000 IU, increased up to 5,000 IU, without the addition of ‘standard allergy medication’. I could tell the difference ... on days I took Vit D first thing, I rarely got hives. If I got hives & took Vit D promptly, often the hives would go away. If I had a really bad case, 1/2 to 1 fexofenadine antihistamine takes care of them. I have since gone to 10,000 IU per day (plus Vit K), more for general immunity purposes than specifically hives. Mom is on 10K as well & her Vit D level is 62 ng/ml which is pretty darn good for a 92 yo! The two of us rarely get sick & usually “kick” bugs to the curb in about 3 days. Another factor: neither of us got the immune system killer C19 jabs.
So I mention this to you because, although the cause of your hives is different than mine, Vitamin D just might help. I can’t imagine no red meat!