Ticks That Can Make People Severely Allergic To Meat Are Spreading In The U.S.

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77. Tell your friend to watch the laundry detergent and soap. My son has this meat allergy . . .

and there is a certain ingredient that is animal derived that breaks him out in a horrible rash.

He's been living with this for about a year and his last test showed a lessening in his reaction. He loves the outdoors so he has to really watch the ticks now or it will be back to square one.

The hardest part for him has been finding hidden meat products in foods and products and making sure no cross-contamination occurs in restaurants or family cookouts. My mother cooks his turkey burgers before cooking hamburgers for others which helps a lot.

He eats a lot of fish, turkey, and chicken. Turkey hot dogs sometimes have mammalian products in the casings so you have to watch those. He carries an epi-pen and is very careful of what he consumes.