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Skriven 2014-09-19 11:32:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av STEPHEN HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: allergies 962
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-=> Quoting Stephen Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-17-14  00:43 <=-

 NB>> . . .  Yeah, I've heard about the super-sensitivity suddenly
 NB>> showing up... but I'm just not going to worry that much about
 NB>> it... I avoid what I know will likely be an issue, where
 NB>> possible, and don't sweat the rest for now...  ;)

 SH> Be glad neither you nor Michael (especially Michael) have aquired an
 SH> allergy like one of the people I know. He was bitten by a Lone Star
 SH> Tick (amblyomma americanum), giving him a severe allergy to red meat of
 SH> any kind. The allergy is to the alpha-gal sugar found in all
 SH> non-primate mammel meat. 

I am glad... very glad...!  That's one insect I'd hope never to meet...!
And while it might hit Michael harder than it would me, I do enjoy my
red meat when we have it... having to avoid it would be at least as bad
as my allergy to apples, maybe worse...  

 SH> Unlike some allergies, where symptoms are
 SH> immediately apparant, symptoms of alpha-gal allergies are delayed by
 SH> several hours, but still results in severe reactions up to and
 SH> including anaphalaxis. He carries an epipen now and has to avoid all
 SH> red meats. Poultry is okay as is fish.

That's nasty!  I'd be in even hotter water, as I seem to have some
sensitivity to epinephrine, especially when combined with topical
anesthetics such as in lidocaine...  I suppose I'd survive on (dark
meat) poultry and fish, somehow...  ;)

 SH> This one would be safe as long as there was no cross-contamination
 SH> from somebody's steak or hamburger.
 SH> Title: Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

If all one cooked (on a clean grill) was the chicken, and that was all
that was served, that would reduce the risk of cross-contamination...

ttyl          neb

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