A rising number of Americans are claiming to suffer from an immune syndrome disorder and meat allergy caused by a sugar found in tick bites. The disorder is known as Alpha-gal Syndrome, named after a carbohydrate found in all non-human and non-ape mammals - as well as the ticks which feed upon their blood - according to the . Tick bites can lead to an allergy to Alpha-gal, meaning that eating meat that contains the carbohydrate can cause an outbreak.
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