Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy – Worldwide (03): South Africa (NL)
PRO/EDR> Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy – Worldwide (03): South Africa (NL)
Pests -- South AfricaWhen a meat-loving Pietermaritzburg woman took a bite of a steak and kidney pie, it caused her body to react in a life-threatening way. But what RM, 31, didn't know is that she had developed a rare allergy which would prevent her from eating meat again.After suffering several anaphylactic shocks from ingesting meat, she was diagnosed with alpha-gal in August [2016]. RM is the 1st known case in KwaZulu-Natal [KZN]. The allergy was identified in America in 2009 and was discovered Read more [...]
