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This tick’s spit can make you allergic to meat (www.vox.com)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A friend of mine got this. It took forever to pin down what was wrong (basically it was like having IBS but didn’t know why). After learning about it he asked his doctor to test for it and they were like “lol, no way but sure okay” and lo and behold..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What did they test for, exactly? Meat allergy?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, you can test for antibodies that indicate what allergies you have.