SHOCKING cause of Deadly Meat Allergy: Medical Mystery Solved!

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I had Covid-19 in 2020 and just days after I recovered, I was hospitalized for 3 months because my white blood cell count went through the roof and they were attacking all of my cells. After 3 months of the worst pain imaginable and doctors not understand what was causing it, I was too weak to eat, so I just didn't eat for about 4 days and then all my symptoms went away. Then the doctors sent me home thinking everything was okay. I came home and had a big meal and just 2 hours later I was once again feeling pain in every single cell in my body. It was worse than ever and I had to be hospitalized once again. Right away I saw a link between eating and getting these symptoms because it had stopped once I stopped eating and it started just hours after eating again. I decided to not eat for a few days again while I was hospitalized and like clockwork I was feeling perfectly fine just 4 days later once again. This scared me because if I can't eat, I can't live. And if eating meant I would be in that much pain, why would I want to live? So I told my doctor about the connection between eating and getting the symptoms. He said to me that he didn't share that idea at all and that I was looking in the wrong direction and that I should let him do the doctoring. I was sent back home again and this time I decided to keep fasting for a week and during that week I felt absolutely fine. So I decided to start experimenting to see which foods were causing the reaction. Day #1: I ate salmon and I didn't get any symptoms. Day #2: I ate pork and I didn't get any symptoms. Day #3: I ate rice and this time I was sent right back to the hospital. Waited a few days and was sent back home and the doctor once again didn't test for anything new, but just ran the same tests he had done 20 times before and said that he believed I was a hypochondriac that was triggering a severe white blood cell release with the placebo effect and that he could recommend me a psychiatrist. I didn't ever want to see my doctor again, so I started testing only a TINY amount of the food to see if the symptoms would be milder. And they were! So I tested every possible food you could imagine over the next 6 months and the ONLY food I could eat without getting severe headaches, bloodshot eyes and bloody stool, was meat. Any type of meat, fish, chicken or other animal. I could also eat pure oils. I just couldn't eat carbohydrates. NONE of them. After being in constant pain from experimenting to find the foods I couldn't eat for those 6 months, I stopped experimenting and just ate meat for a whole year. My intestines healed a lot during those 365 days and I thought I was ready to see if something had changed with this "allergy" or whatever it was. I tried eating some rice and then I just waited... Oh my God, was this the longest day and night of my life. I was so scared that the symptoms would come back, because I knew just how insanely painful it was. But nothing happened... Not even a little headache. I waited 24 hours before celebrating and then I remember looking at myself in the bathroom mirror and just crying for like 30 minutes. "I can eat rice..." I kept saying over and over while tears were falling down my face. Fast forward to today and I just can't eat gluten or milk protein, but everything else is fine. My milk protein allergy is getting better over time since I started taking a double dose of probiotics. Still don't have an official diagnosis and if I ever decide to get one, I will go to a private specialist in gastrointestinal problems and autoimmune disorders. I don't expect anyone to read this, but if you do, thank you. Take care.

In 2014 I found a tick on me. I live in a rural area. I removed it and immediately went to my doctor. She gave me a prescription of four Cipro tablets and told me to take one every 12 hours. Last year I had an antibody panel done. It showed I had antibodies for Lyme disease. Damned I've got a great doctor. She knew exactly what to do and saved me from a serious illness.

Great video! Originally I came from the state of Rhode Island. In the early 80's I contracted Lyme's Disease and treatments and effects were in their infancy. I was 32 years old and developed multiple debilitating symptoms and even the rheumatologists were diagnosing me with early onset arthritis. I suffered for three years and finally properly diagnosed when moving to Florida. I still suffer from residual damage sometimes making it difficult. I also developed Alpha Gal with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and more. The doctors pretty much told me I was crazy and no one believed my reaction to eating land animals so I was left to my own devices to figuring it out by eating rice only and adding one food to my diet daily. I became a vegan and never had another problem. I was so excited years later they finally discovered it was Alpha Gal. I wasn't crazy! To this day I live on a plant based diet and at 67 have no plans of changing😊

I'm a 76 year old male living in rural Oklahoma. Several years ago I developed an allergy to red meat and this explains a lot. I can eat small quantities of red meat today, but for several years I was unable to tolerate red meat. I have been active in the outdoors and have experienced several tick bites over the years. I now use insect repellants whenever I go into areas prone to ticks. Thank you for a very informative video.

We cover this extensively in veterinary school. I don't think enough credit is given to veterinarians and their important role in public health.

As someone who’s life has been ruined by tick borne illness I guessed this immediately. Thank you for educating people on the dangers of ticks. Lyme and Babesia have nearly killed me and my quality of life is terrible. It’s very hard to get a timely diagnosis. I can’t overstate the dangers of tick bites.

Give this lady an Oscar for her riveting storytelling!! I was engaged the whole time!

Chronic Lyme disease contracted in Canada and not diagnosed for decades. I can eat meat but have numerous other sensitivities. Thank you for sharing.

I worked with a person that had alpha-gal syndrome after a tick bite on a hike. At its worst, even the fumes from cooking red meat would send them into a reaction. Said driving by a Burger King with the windows down was enough to trigger a reaction. Did not experience total anaphylaxis but it took days to feel well following exposure. Severity improved over the course of a few years. Ticks are no joke and the disease isn't very well-known. I'm sure others out there with it appreciate the exposure you're providing.

My late wife was a Rheumatologist and a respected diagnostician. Is is wonderful to see another MD following that tradition and educating us too! 🙏🏻

I just love how they explain everything to us so we can understand them , and they make it fun so we don't get bored or distracted ( which happens to me very often) plus they are having fun to which is amazing. So thank you both! You're amazing guys!

literally, the BEST channel i've followed on here... so much learning and the delivery method is just perfect

I did guess the diagnosis in less than a minute, but I had personal experience with this. I am an RN and my husband was the patient. We had gone hiking and my husband got a tick on his leg, which I recognized as a Lone Star Tick. Living in New York State, seeing these was not uncommon and I removed it. We later went to the ER where we got the full "riot act." NO MAMMALIAN MEAT for a year--minimum. Luckily we removed the tick before he ever got an anaphylactic reaction and his diet was prophylactically changed to eliminate mammalian meat (beef, lamb, pork or venison, etc.) for 18 months to give the antigens time to be eliminated. My husband was fortunately able to have meat that was of the bird, fish, reptilian (alligator) and amphibians (frogs and turtles) so he wasn't going to be starved. At the 18 month mark, we got my husband an appointment with the allergist, who gave us an 8AM appointment and told us to bring a 6 ounce piece of beef (he chose a medium rare ribe-eye) to the appointment where he could eat it and we waited until 5PM to see if he had any anaphylactic reaction while they waited with epinephrine and oxygen. He said he felt like he was playing Russian Roulette as he ate his steak. We went home at 6PM ready to re-start his life on beef.

Sweet lord, 15 minutes of cpr, she must've been on her last legs when the paramedics arrived 😮

Retired PA here. I found this enjoyable and the presenters enthusiasm was pleasant. And I like freckles.

As a vegan I guess this is something I don't have to worry about. When I was young I was a camp counselor who had the job for checking the campers in my cabin for ticks....but no one checked me. When I got home I found a tick stuck in the back of my neck & had to go to the doctor to get it removed.

My husband had this. He was in the Army reserves and must have been bitten by a tick during summer camp in Georgia. It was about 14 years ago before anyone really knew about it. Even the allergist was surprised that he was allergic to red meat. My poor husband almost cried at the thought of no more juicy steaks. The first signs were itching and a severe rash. Then what made him go to the doctor was he felt his throat closing up and he would throw up. Thank goodness he wasn’t as bad as the man in the video.

This is a great way to learn. As a med student I appreciate you taking the time to adapt a video version of a case report.

I love this style of video. I'm a 'who done it' fan as well as a retired medical coder. I really love the unfolding of the disease and the lists you create to narrow in on the cause. Well Done!!! I would love to see more of this type of video, and I haven't seen anyone else use this style.