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A tick bite gave me a bizarre and deadly allergy to beef, lamb and pork - so WHY can I still eat McDonald's cheeseburgers without a care in the world, asks ELIZA McPHEE
Daily Mail ^ | 14 January 2022 | Eliza Mcphee

Posted on 01/14/2022 4:58:26 PM PST by Trillian

I'd always loved meat growing up - sausage sandwiches, lamb cutlets and of course, Christmas ham.

So I was far from thrilled when I discovered that I had developed an allergy to red meat at the age of 14.

I had been bitten by a tick and developed what is now known as a mammalian meat allergy, which saw me develop the potentially life-threatening condition anaphylaxis, which means I have to carry an epi-pen.

One reaction was so severe I had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance after being given a shot of steroids and antihistamines by my GP.

Now at the age of 25 I haven't had a bite of beef, lamb or pork for years.

But there's one food that I've managed to keep down without breaking out into full-body hives - McDonald's cheeseburgers.

It's an experience that has both delighted and horrified me.

Usually if I were to sink my teeth into a beef burger, I'd be covered in an agonisingly itchy rash that spreads all over my body from head to toe within five hours.

My last reaction was in 2017, when I was still allowed to eat pork, and had devoured a bacon and egg roll for breakfast.

It would be my last.

Hours later, I was writhing on the floor trying to stop myself from scratching the rash that had cropped up all over my body.

Not even a cold shower did the trick and after I started to feel wheezy, I knew this reaction was unlike the others and I was taken to hospital.

A subsequent allergy test confirmed the intolerance had now broadened to include pork. Goodbye Christmas ham.

But it seemed I was immune to ill effects from the $2 cheeseburgers my favourite fast food restaurant sells.

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1 posted on 01/14/2022 4:58:26 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Meat is hypoallergenic.


2 posted on 01/14/2022 4:59:52 PM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Trillian

A similar thing happened to me, but I got super powers.


3 posted on 01/14/2022 5:00:26 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The experts are liars. The conspiracy theorists are the people who have figured out the Truth.)
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To: Trillian
McDonald's cheeseburgers. ...

Because it's not beef/pork/chicken.

It's People.

Think Soylent Green... why McD's are closing all over the USA.

4 posted on 01/14/2022 5:01:16 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Trillian

Lamb is one of the least allergy-causing foods there is.


5 posted on 01/14/2022 5:06:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Trillian

Suspect this lady is suffering under the wrong diagnosis.


6 posted on 01/14/2022 5:06:40 PM PST by allendale
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To: Trillian

Fake meat.


7 posted on 01/14/2022 5:07:32 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: Trillian

Horrible! Being forced to eat that crap from McDonald’s. Maybe his next life will be better.


8 posted on 01/14/2022 5:08:46 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Trillian

Free Republic doesn’t seem like the best site to post this.

Maybe Tick Talk?


9 posted on 01/14/2022 5:09:29 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: Trillian
I had been bitten by a tick and developed what is now known as a mammalian meat allergy, which saw me develop the potentially life-threatening condition anaphylaxis, which means I have to carry an epi-pen.

I got this about 15 years ago after cleaning up the mo-in-law's property and getting bit by multiple ticks. Don't have it super bad and the worst reaction was to a ham made from a home raised heritage pig. Passed out twice with anaphylaxis. I go easy on the mammalian meats now. Got meat goats as they're super lean and it's a type of fat that does it. Recent strong reaction was to some sausage, bun sized. Thought it was odd and then looked at the package. Made from heritage pork.

10 posted on 01/14/2022 5:10:40 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: cockroach_magoo

Tick talk. Nice. Well done.


11 posted on 01/14/2022 5:11:40 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: Trillian

I never knew such an allergy existed. Has the young lady considered eating wild game?


12 posted on 01/14/2022 5:12:23 PM PST by sergeantdave (Federal courts no longer have any standing in America. )
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To: Trillian

Why? Because you’re a lying snowflake and full of liberal bile and bullsh!t.

Everything that comes out of the mind of a liberal snowflake like you is .01% hot air and 99.9% bullsh!t.

Nobody except your stupid cat gives a sh!t about you or your opinions, and your catb only pretends to care because you feed it and clean the litterbox. Otherwise, your cat doesn’t care either and probably wishes you were dead.

That’s why.


13 posted on 01/14/2022 5:12:47 PM PST by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Qui is ; Trillion

FYI...My response is directed at the author of the article. Not you.


14 posted on 01/14/2022 5:14:27 PM PST by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: sergeantdave

I saw some freepers talking about tick bites causing a meat allergy recently. When I saw this I figured why not post it.


15 posted on 01/14/2022 5:14:48 PM PST by Trillian
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To: allendale

“Suspect this lady is suffering under the wrong diagnosis.”

No, it’s called alpha gal. Common side effects of Lyme and coinfections. Effectively treated by ivermectin.


16 posted on 01/14/2022 5:15:17 PM PST by JoanSmith
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To: Qui is ; Trillian

Sorry. Got the user name wrong.

My response is directed at the article’s author. Not you.


17 posted on 01/14/2022 5:15:58 PM PST by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Trillian

I didn’t read the article, but why did she ever risk eating a McDs cheeseburger in the first place if she knew she had the severe allergy? Did she eat it by accident?


18 posted on 01/14/2022 5:17:27 PM PST by swingdoc
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To: sergeantdave

I think Casper the golfer had that same condition, ate buffalo meat.


19 posted on 01/14/2022 5:19:39 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: Qui is

I have heard of this in fact in researching - there’s a woman in a business next door to a restaurant (same physical structure) who had an adverse reaction just from the air coming in from next door. Pretty serious


20 posted on 01/14/2022 5:19:59 PM PST by Swanks
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