Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

    • MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Several practitioners are having a lot of success testing it as an allergy, which it is. Mods deleted my commment but look it up, I have a family member who practices Chinese medicine and acupuncture in the US and treats people will alpha gal all the time.

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        16 hours ago

        My cousin got acupuncture treatments for alpha gal a couple of months ago. She went out for a steak after her last session and wound up in the hospital.

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          Im sorry to hear that, it’s not a one and done thing, it requires several treatments and a strict avoidance of mammal protein during the treatment. You have to east back into it slowly.