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Topic: Tick Saliva - effects on body - Atlantic 7-25-19

Keebler
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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/the-marvels-of-tick-saliva/594652/

Science . . . What Tick Saliva Does to the Human Body

Ticks use their saliva to create a “lake of blood” inside their hosts.

By Sarah Zhang - The Atlantic - July 25, 2019
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Keebler
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Excellent article. I'm a little surprised that Alpha-Gal was not mentioned (or, at least, my eyes did not see that) . . . but, then, they could not include everything.

For some reason, the URLs would not allow posting. Just search the title in quotation marks or at Google Advanced Search to find the articles - the date can be used as a cross search.

Alpha-Gal & Red Meat Allergy

April 25, 2019

The alpha-Gal syndrome: new insights into the tick-host conflict and cooperation

03 April 2019

Tick Salivary Extract Induces Alpha-Gal Allergy in Alpha-Gal Deficient Mice

February 2019
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Marnie
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Alpha-Gal and red meat allergy are linked to the ***Lone star tick*** and certain blood types are protected.

It sure looks like OspA is very problematic...as I have said before.

Links:

Lone star tick and red meat allergy _ IgE response:

https://www.columbia-lyme.org/alpha-gal-meat-allergy

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608

TUDCA attenuates AHR, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IgE production, and mucus metaplasia.

https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/98101/figure/2

RESEARCHERS FIND CERTAIN BLOOD TYPES PROTECTIVE AGAINST RED MEAT ALLERGY

https://www.aaaai.org/about-aaaai/newsroom/news-releases/alpha-gal (B and AB)

I'm dealing with IgE to C. Pneumoniae triggered type 2 asthma. I have type B blood. I'm trying TUDCA, low dose daily to see if it will help.

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Keebler
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Marnie,

Sorry to hear you are "dealing with" Cpn triggered asthma.

Thanks for your extensive notes here. Hope you can breathe more easily soon. Storms over your state yesterday, I saw, maybe will clear the air (after stirring it all up, of course).
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Alisandne
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The article says tick bites don't itch. Mine almost always do, and I'm grateful for that because it facilitates finding them.

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LisaK
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interesting, thankks Keebs

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