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A 47-year-old man from New Jersey has become the first death caused by Alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy spread by ticks.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NEW JERSEY —\u00a0<\/span>A death in New Jersey is now being called the first-ever linked to a meat allergy caused by a tick bite.<\/p>\n

Doctors say a 47-year-old man who passed away in the summer of last year had a severe reaction to a steak after spending a day in the outdoors.<\/p>\n

He became severely ill but recovered, so he thought nothing of it.<\/p>\n

Then, two weeks later, he died after eating a hamburger, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The allergy is known as “Alpha-gal syndrome.”<\/p>\n

The allergy is caused by the bite of the Lone Star tick.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0University of Virginia Health<\/a>, people who become sensitized to the sugar can have allergic symptoms such as rash, nausea and vomiting after eating beef, pork or lamb.<\/p>\n

Researchers have feared that deadly anaphylaxis was possible in severe cases but had not confirmed a fatality from the allergy until now.<\/p>\n

“The important information for the public is: First, that severe abdominal pain occurring 3 to 5 hours after eating beef, pork or lamb should be investigated as a possible episode of anaphylaxis; and, second, that tick bites that itch for more than a week or larvae of ticks often called ‘chiggers’ can induce or increase sensitization to mammalian-derived meat,” said Platts-Mills, former chief of UVA Health’s Division of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology.<\/p>\n

The man was an airline pilot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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