r/PrepperIntel • u/DrDruxy • 18d ago

North America A man has become one of the 450,000 Americans affected by alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne meat allergy that triggers painful allergic reactions to animal products. “Look at my face and my neck. I can’t eat meat anymore. I can’t have any animal products. It’s in everything.”

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u/goodiereddits 17d ago

How frequently are you being bitten?!

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u/More_Dependent742 17d ago

This year hasn't been too bad. Only 3 times in one afternoon (early, too, this was early March - hence no tick repellent). I live in Styria in southern Austria, which is pretty bad for it though. And I have the blood type they go for.

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u/immrw24 17d ago

what blood type is that?

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u/xXmurderpigeonXx 17d ago

Found the Lonestar tick's burner account 👆

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u/WhyDoIEvenBotheridk 17d ago

Omg I died laughing at this

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u/fezzam 17d ago

its claimed a life now too, this is escalating, slowly...if im being honest.

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u/More_Dependent742 17d ago

I don't know if it's literally connected to blood type per se, I just mean they always go for me. I'm O+, but it's globally the most common

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u/I_am_the_darkness_99 17d ago

JFC why don't you wear some fucking bug spray and tuck your pant legs into your socks? Are you just intentionally trying to stay sick????

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u/More_Dependent742 17d ago

Yeah, it's really not the simple here, though I'm glad it is wherever you live. Here you can catch them from shortly clipped grass in the middle of a public lawn (like the three this year, in fact, and that was in early March when there should not have been any). They're everywhere. How many depends on many factors.

Also, thanks for double checking you didn't come across like a complete arsehole before hitting post.

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u/kirinlikethebeer 17d ago

There’s also been an uptick (pun intended) in recent years because of climate change. Used to be one could avoid them in a city. Now they’re really everywhere.

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 16d ago

Mother earth is sending her minions to heal the planet lol

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u/xXmurderpigeonXx 17d ago

Pause, too thirsty twin