I’ve had this on and off for close to 20 years after cleaning up some land and getting tick bites. I was able to eat a full steak a month ago but did raking and burning a couple of weeks ago and got another Lone Star bite that set it off again. I had gone 3-4 years without a tick bite setting me off.
Allergy docs in Turkey figured out how to desensitize people by feeding ever increasing doses of beef starting with 10 drops of beef extract(beef stock), 20, 40 and then small doses of actual meat.
Only two patients because they’re the only known cases in Turkey.
I’m going to try it with deli roast beef. The prepackaged stuff that comes in uniform slice sizes. Start with half a slice, then 1 slice, 2 slices and so on. When I get to 5-6 slices, Then on to small, lean pieces of steak. Need to get a food scale. Lean vs fatty matters. A ribeye will give a reaction faster than a lean cut.
Sublingual drop therapy is a great way to treat allergies, especially food allergies. And yet try to find some doctor who does it.
Good luck with that one.
Bkmrk
So is it just getting bitten, or does it have to feed like deer ticks do to transmit Lyme Disease?
My understanding is that the deer tick needs to be attached and feeding for close to 24 hours to really be a risk for contracting Lyme Disease. I’m wondering if the Lone Star Ticks are the same.
Also, how winter hardy are they? There doesn’t seem to be much information that way. MA and PA are a bit milder than around where we are in NH. We are a 5a growing zone and they are at least a 5b or 6a.
I hate ticks, but mr. mm and I do take precautions. We spray stuff down, use insect repellent, and do tick checks and shower after being outside in the woods.
Since we are out in the middle of nowhere on 20+ acres, we take the clothes off outside on the back porch and go right into the shower. The laundry room is right by the back door, too, so the clothes can go right into the washer. That way we’re not dragging the ticks into the house.
Mr mm has been finding attached ticks on him in the morning after doing the tick check the night before, and it turns out he was just taking his clothes off and dropping them on the floor by the bed. NOT a great move. I laid down the law about that. Any possible tick infested clothes need to be left outside until the laundry can get done.