TIL that a tick bite can cause a lifetime allergy to red meat. The Lone Star tick injects a type of sugar found in red meat into the blood, and causes antibodies to be made that cause an allergic reaction when the person later ingests meat with the sugar.

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/can-ticks-make-you-allergic-to-red-meat?



Submitted March 28, 2015 at 06:40PM by The_Atticus http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30lgw3/til_that_a_tick_bite_can_cause_a_lifetime_allergy/