RE: When you Wake up at Night and Cannot Breathe - Non-fiction
I am really sorry to hear that happened @mikepm74 , and I am just wondering are there any remedies to help you reduce your allergy?
This is usually caused from auto-immune system, is it not?
There was a time I was totally allergic to seafood and wine (out of no apparent reason) and the doctor found out my blood was toxic and poisonous (towards flaring up as allergy).
My family doctor did mention that I must be able to get used to at least a month's detox and let the blood clear from my system and it helped, but occasionally it still flares up.
I did a liver detox (just a year back or maybe in 2015) during my health recovery journey and that helped tremendously well. I promised @heart-to-heart I will dig out my photos and the natural remedy and share with you all later.
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It is something about the tick bite that makes your immune system attack alpha-gal, which is present in meat. Especially meat fat. So the more fatty the meat, the more you are likely to react.
The odd thing about it, and why it takes so long to determine the allergy, is that with most food allergies, the reaction is almost immediate. With this, the reaction can be 4-8 hours after consuming the meat. Fat takes longer for your system to process, so again, the more fatty the food, the longer before your body reacts.
Which explains the middle of the night issues. haha.
Hm. That actually sounds interesting.
I recently had a serious series of bed bugs (and I do not know what other bugs) bite from the really old mattress I had (from the previous tenant) and only after throwing that away and acquired a new one the bed bugs surfaced! (which I delightfully destroyed)
So far I do not have allergy signs but I think I might have some bad rashes coming on and off.
Got to keep the meat aside and detox to see if that helps.
And I am really sorry that you have that problem. I hope your allergy will subside soon. I am banking on that one bite of a tick should not / and will not damn you from enjoying mammal meat forever.