hives experience have you and Ray been tested for Alpha-Gal?

Since a tick bit my husband, I have been reading up on it. In the US, it is usually caused by the Lone Star tick, but in other countries, it seems that it can also be caused by different types of ticks. The allergy can start up to months after being bitten (the ticks can be so small that some people never know they have been bitten). Most people become allergic to red meats, but some have reactions to dairy products, gelatins, and even some medicines and other animal products. What makes it tricky is that reactions wait hours after a meal to start, unlike other food allergies.

I was reading the first case one doctor saw was a middle-aged woman who presented suddenly with hives and itching he didn't believe that someone would develop allergies that bad in mid-life until they understood more about Alpha-Gal. When I read that the hair stood up all over my body.

If you don't know if the two of you have been tested already, ask the dermatologist next visit. I don't know if you have Lone Star ticks there but after learning that other countries have other ticks that are now causing it, and that only southern states used to have it but now the island of Martha's Vineyard has them and the allergies and other places that has not had the allergies suddenly have people show up with them. Even if it is not common there, someone has to be the first case if it shows up.