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RE: When you Wake up at Night and Cannot Breathe - Non-fiction
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.