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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoWasn’t there a disease going around that made people sick when eating red meat?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·10 months agoIt’s from a tick bite, not something we can spread to one another.
minus-squarekey@lemmy.keychat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNot even by biting and sucking each other’s blood?
minus-squarestealthnerd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoTick bites can cause it. Something about your body building immunity to a protein transferred by the tick that closely matches those found in beef or something like that.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoYep, there is, it spreads though tic bites, and once bitten you will allways get sick after eating red meat.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoAlpha-gal syndrome. It’s not that common that it will affect entire populations.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoAlpha gal syndrome sounds like a compliment
Wasn’t there a disease going around that made people sick when eating red meat?
It’s from a tick bite, not something we can spread to one another.
Not even by biting and sucking each other’s blood?
Tick bites can cause it. Something about your body building immunity to a protein transferred by the tick that closely matches those found in beef or something like that.
Yep, there is, it spreads though tic bites, and once bitten you will allways get sick after eating red meat.
Alpha-gal syndrome. It’s not that common that it will affect entire populations.
Alpha gal syndrome sounds like a compliment