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After I was bitten by tick, I developed a rare allergy to meat. Now I’m a quasi-vegetarian – ABC News
I’m one of a small number of Australians with a potentially deadly allergy to red meat. And it’s all thanks to a creature as small as a grain of sand, writes Menios…
I was preparing dinner when I noticed the tick bite: an insect about the size of a poppy seed had lodged itself within the trench of my inner elbow.
My wife fetched a bottle of ether spray and froze the tick dead, and I went on making dinner.
Weeks later, while sprawled on the couch on a Saturday night, I felt I mild itch on my arm. I rolled up my sleeve and noticed three red spots that looked like mosquito bites. Within seconds, more spots had appeared on my neck and back.
These weren’t mozzie…
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