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Alpha-gal syndrome (tick borne meat allergy) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm really scared of contracting this because a lot of delicious desserts I like contain carageenan

also:

AGS can induce life-threatening intolerance to medical products including medicines, vaccines, antivenoms, infant formula, sutures, contact lenses, tattoo inks, and glycerin-based soaps and surfactants. Alpha-gal is found widely among nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, and other common drugs.

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[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh damn, I had no idea it affected so much beyond just red meat! Some of these make sense because they can be animal-derived, but carageenan??

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

biochemistry so often does some paraphyletic fuckshit

biochemistry does not know about our human categorizations, nor does it care 😂

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Wow. I made another comment on this post about how I was afraid and curious due to diet stuff, but now just afraid for the future.

I am in constant disbelief allergies can occur at any time for seemingly no reason, I do believe I just can’t understand.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I saw a Facebook reel of some guy talking about how he wasn't scared of ticks or alpha gal. Several people in the comments agreed with him.

It's just astonishing to me the things men will turn over to toxic masculinity.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

If you aren't afraid of diseases, you are a moron. Vaccines and antibiotics have made many forget how awful disease is.