Yup sure enough. Reading up on the subject looks like it is pretty common for the ticks in Arkansas ( where I lived for many years ) to carry this problem and folks become allergic to meat when bitten.
Thought I should be tested when I found out I was allergic to pork they used to prepare the blood thinner I took after the cancer surgery.
They say you can usually eat chicken and fish but there are no promises. Think I will start with this list to avoid and see what happens first.
I was looking at this list and the pork allergy is less than the beef which I eat more of. I could see what the pork meds they gave me did so I am just guessing the beef must mess me up a lot more.
Sooooooo...... no telling how long this has been going on but if I can avoid these meats maybe I can breath a whole lot better and a few other things!
Love
Ranchmama
(who things it's crazy for a Ranching Mama to be allergic to meat ! LOL )
Alpha - gal Testing (for Meat allergy )
Component Results
Component Your Value Standard Range
ALLERGEN BEEF, IGE 3.36 kU/L <0.35 kU/L
BEEF CLASS 2
ALLERGEN LAMB/MUTTON, IGE 1.10 kU/L <0.35 kU/L
LAMB/MUTTON CLASS 2
ALLERGEN PORK, IGE ..................... 1.81 kU/L <0.35 kU/L
PORK CLASS 2
The test method is the Phadia ImmunoCAP allergen-specific IgE system.
CLASS INTERPRETATION <0.10 kU/L= 0, Negative;
0.10 - 0.34 kU/L= 0/1, Equivocal/Borderline; 0.35 - 0.69
kU/L=1, Low Positive; 0.70 - 3.49 kU/L=2, Moderate
Positive; 3.50 - 17.49 kU/L=3, High Positive; 17.50 -
49.99 kU/L= 4, Very High Positive; 50.00 - 99.99 kU/L= 5,
Very High Positive; >99.99 kU/L=6, Very High Positive
Your Value Standard
Range
GALACTOSE - ALPHA -1, 3 - GALACTOSE, IGE 7.15 kU/L <0.10 kU/L
Previous reports (JACI 2009;123:426-433) have demonstrated that patients with
IgE antibodies to galactose-a-1,3-galactose are at risk for delayed anaphylaxis, angioedema, or urticaria following consumption of beef, pork, or lamb.
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