{"id":59361,"date":"2022-05-06T10:31:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=59361"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:19:37","slug":"dr-commins-explains-how-you-can-develop-an-allergy-to-red-meat-if-bitten-by-this-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/dr-commins-explains-how-you-can-develop-an-allergy-to-red-meat-if-bitten-by-this-tick\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Commins Explains How You Can Develop an Allergy to Red Meat if Bitten by This Tick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_37314\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 301px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Commins, MD, PhD\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-992x1024.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-600x619.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo-301x311.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/11\/Scott-Commins-spc-hallway-credit-chris-polydoroff-Copy-2-rtp-propo.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Scott Commins, MD, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Scott Commins, MD, PhD, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/rheumatology-allergy-immunology\/\">Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology<\/a>, is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/chairs-corner\/podcast\/alpha-gal\/\">Alpha-gal Syndrome<\/a> (red meat allergy) expert. He explains how a bite from a Lone Star Tick could impact your health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>There&#8217;s the more subtle presentation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;They have terrible abdominal cramping and pain and diarrhea, maybe nausea and vomiting, and it&#8217;s all actually due to the same allergy,&#8221; Commins said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the more &#8220;traditional&#8221; presentation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;You eat beef or barbecue in the evening, and four to six hours later you start itching and get some hives, then maybe some chest tightness, some gastrointestinal symptoms, and ultimately, those folks are diagnosed by a blood test,&#8221; Commins said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/verify\/verify-allergy-to-red-meat-if-bitten-by-this-tick\/65-13feae72-ce3f-4faa-a273-904bc2cc5cf7\">[Read More at WUSA9]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Scott Commins, MD, PhD, in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, is an Alpha-gal Syndrome (red meat allergy) expert. 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