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W.A.T.C.H. includes warning of Lone Star Tick bites

The Adair County W.A.T.C.H. Coalition met on June 9, 2016 and heard about programs in development for improving health and wellness.

Jelaine Harlow, health educator at Adair County's Health Department, facilitated the meeting which was followed by lunch and then a session on the smoke-free Adair County work in progress.

Among the updates, Terry Parton advised that there is a new reason to worry about tick bites -- Alpha-Gal, identified in 2009 -- is causing people to have severe allergic reactions.



Wikipedia says of Alpha-Gal: "symptoms can appear up to eight hours after a bite from the Lone Star Tick, prevalent in the southern US, and can include itching, hives, angioedema, digestive upset, and possible anaphylaxis. Bites from the Lone Star Tick or the Chigger have been implicated in the development of this delayed allergic response which is triggered by the consumption of mammalian meat products."

Partin will be giving a seminar on this subject at the upcoming seventh annual outdoor Expo on August 6 at Adair County elementary school.


This story was posted on 2016-06-11 12:16:21
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