Madison Area Lyme Support Group

Alpha-gal syndrome is a life-threatening allergy to red meat and meat-related products that is triggered by the bite of a lone star tick.

Recently, AGS has caught the attention of major US news media outlets.

Here’s a sampling of recent coverage:

• New York Times, May 13, 2022:
  • The Tick That Causes a Meat Allergy Is on the Move
• Today Show, May 12, 2022:
  • How a bite from a ‘lone star’ tick can trigger severe allergy to meat
• Washington Post, May 1, 2022:
  • The tick that makes people allergic to red meat is in D.C.
• The Atlantic, April 25, 2022
  • A tick bite made them allergic to meat
• Fox News, April 20, 2022:
  • Single tick bite can cause a life-threatening meat allergy: report

For more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/24/i-have-alpha-gal-syndrome-the-meat-allergy-that-can-develop-after-getting-a-tick-bite/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/03/24/patients-with-alpha-gal-syndrome-report-wide-range-of-symptoms/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/01/12/alpha-gal-syndrome-symptoms-diagnosis-treatment/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/03/31/super-fast-lone-star-ticks-showing-up-in-new-places/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/01/alpha-ga-syndrome-aka-the-meat-allergy-lyme-ninja-radio-podcast/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/07/12/sudden-red-meat-allergy-made-eating-painful-for-mom-and-its-all-because-of-a-tick-bite/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/30/lone-star-tick-known-to-cause-red-meat-allergy-found-in-northern-wisconsin-report/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/04/arkansas-woman-develops-deadly-meat-allergy-after-tick-bite/