Bill Gates is working on a way to give it to EVERYONE
Surely not ice cream!
Friend of mine had this. Sucks. It’s a slooooow recovery.
Since moving to Kentucky 12 years ago I’ve suffered about 30 tick bites. So far no ill effects, but I get them pretty quick. It does take a while for the bite to stop itching. I just grab them between a finger and a fingernail and yank...
I never got a tick bite to cause this, but this is my life.
I feel for the guy.
Ticks suck
Well he may have one option if wants to enjoy hamburgers again. Undergo intense chemotherapy followed by a bone marrow transplant. If the transplant is a success and he doesn’t die of complications which he might, then he can start chowing down burgers again.
So the vegans got to the ticks and won them over?
It’s almost Bee material when a man living in a place called “Cream Ridge” can’t eat dairy products.
I could probably live with this, except the no dairy part. That would really suck...
(At least he can still eat fish and fowl...)
Not to downplay the guy’s issues, however, but the allergy is only to red meat, beef and pork.
I have not heard that it triggers a poultry, egg, or fish allergy. The guy is not been forced into vegetarianism by the tick bite.
Or veganism.
Alpha-gal broke out years ago in western Kentucky and north west of Sydney, Australia. I wonder how that happened without human influence. Anyway, all of my extended family in Kentucky has this and they live on fish and fowl. The delayed anaphylactic shock symptoms develop hours after consuming any mammal protein but babies can still nurse. It has since spread anywhere deer ticks thrive.
We’re having a bad year with ticks here in NH. Mr mm and I have found many on us, even from a brief walk in areas not typically tick habitat. So here’s some information we have been collecting about tick protection.
I have discovered that ticks almost always crawl up so tucking in pants into boots and shirts into pants helps a lot. However, they can still end up on your neck and head and we always check our hairline. We have found several just inside the hair line at the back of our necks over the last couple years. We also check our ears.
There are homemade tick repellent recipes using essential oils that can be found online.
Interesting articles about Alpha-gal.
10 New and Surprising Facts About Alpha-Gal Syndrome
https://www.thermofisher.com/allergy/wo/en/living-with-allergies/food-allergies/10-new-and-surprising-facts-about-alpha-gal-syndrome.html
Alpha-gal syndrome
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608
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Tick resistant clothing.
Rynoskin - https://rynoskin.com/
Insect Shield - https://www.insectshield.com/
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Tick removers.
Ticked Off - https://www.tickedoff.com/
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Sawyer Insect spray - https://www.sawyer.com/product-categories/insect-repellent
And of course, the old standby of DEET.
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Tick Tubes. These provide treated nesting material for mice to use that kills the ticks from the start.
DIY Tick Tubes: Why They Work & How to Make Them
https://grassrootsfunctionalmedicine.com/blog/tick-tubes/
Getting rid of mice helps. Either mouse traps or this stuff.
https://diypestcontrol.com/jt-eaton-top-gun-rodent-bait-750-blocks
We are also planning on aggressively fighting them using insect granules for the lawn. They are made with pyrmethrin and so last a few months. We hope that by being aggressive about it for a couple years, we can at least reduce the tick presence right up by the house.
I haven’t seen a tick since I let my chickens roam the yard. The girls are happy to help.