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    Tick bite may be cause of rare food allergy

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Well it's a wild one a medical mystery that's for searchers -- and their heads and scratch and all over their body people are suddenly developing.

And allergic reaction to.

Red meat.

And there's a little -- this tech that is -- tech.

That's to blame joining us now is the medical director for allergy and asthma care of New York.

Doctor Clifford Bassett.

Doctor thank you being with you NYU right that's right the medical and they're okay so we can't putt I had a quick shot of the tickets call the lone star tick.

Because that has -- all white little star on its back.

And that's it kind of looks likely that a lone star -- -- logos -- -- -- they take the stage Texas so.

People go out maybe they're hunters they go out -- other -- camping they don't even know that tickets on them.

It's in their system now and have a real -- to allergic reaction when they're eating red meat.

This is weird.

This is weird even for now just myself has been practiced for over fifteen years in all kinds of food out G spot and adults and kids.

What's really strange is University of Virginia the researchers were very clever and they found that a variety people having me analogies for 500 patients very high.

And what they -- was they all had a history of being.

Bitten by a tick to that was that -- that something going on perhaps with this the lone star tick which is -- in the southeast and part of the United States so what happens you get bitten by this -- right very itchy.

The body makes it antibody which is also present in red meat lamb pork -- amount in me.

And as a result of it when you eat at the barbecue and have an iceberg or something like this.

46 hours later it.

Full blown allergic reaction -- -- shock and what's unusual is.

It's not immediate have to be six hours later and people coming into emergency rooms in the middle of night they think they're having heart attack.

They're having had a -- -- from that.

Odd that -- don't we normally ever allergic reactions right away that something typically what -- food allergy could be seconds -- minutes and it occurs very quickly to the very very unusual to have a delayed reaction and have such as severe and generalize and apple I think reactions such as this so if you haven't you run in with tech.

And then you become allergic to meet.

Does that stay with -- the -- your life.

The researchers said the good news may be and they think this is the case that over time if you have less exposure to ticks perhaps the antibody response will diminish.

And perhaps you -- introduce -- again the key is.

C -- eight savvy food allergy expert analogy is get tested and find out be prepared.

All patients at risk of apple -- this wouldn't be -- -- analogies -- I haven't had been -- -- or an epi pen.

That's the only antidote -- allergic reactions if it's a life threatening allergic reactions of people have to have action plan place.

-- not patient population whether it be this or the put counties we get the job what do you think -- the study is there enough proof.

You believe this I think they're looking at -- length and is more researchers now looking at University of Virginia researchers now.

The link between this specific -- An immune response they do now which is very interesting once you get bitten by the -- the level of -- -- -- to this particulate and a byte which is a sugar.

Goes up immediately so it seems to be something with this particular lone start to a -- the most articulate is an.

Is it -- big part of the country.

Generally speaking Bible Belt southeast -- the big airway if it's present but I go to -- case reports just in Long Island just a few weeks ago talking about.

And analogy is patiently on the back from passing out after having.

Reaction we'll check it out the yellow area there that's where the lone star -- can be found it's a big chunk of the country doctor good to see it.

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