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[PassInterference]

I have this allergy and it can be miserable. It's Alpha Gal. I have been able to control mine by taking an Allegra every morning. Some people have it worse than others. I know a lady that can't even walk around a grill if someone is cooking beef. It's some scary stuff. it usually hits about 4 to 5 ours after you have ingested red meat.

Ian it permanent or does a newly acquired allergy like this wear off?

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

Ian it permanent or does a newly acquired allergy like this wear off?

Some say it is permanent and for some it is. For me it wore off after about 2 1/2 months. I broke out and hives and stomach cramped like CRAZY just from Waffle House cooking my eggs where they just cooked a steak. If I just touched the grease off of beef my fingers would start turning red and itching. It was hard for me to accept that I could never have beef again so I decided that I would wait a couple months and give it another try. When that time came I decided to try a small piece of beef again as a test and THANK GOD nothing happened. So I ate a little more, still nothing. I am back to eating beef like I normally do now and I thank God for it.

[bankerdawg]

Ian it permanent or does a newly acquired allergy like this wear off?

Currently there is no cure. A simple blood test tells if you carry the antibody. It can go away but doctors have no way of knowing. They basically will tell you not to eat red meat. I still do but I'm careful and I've not had a reaction in 2 years. I keep epi pens and take my allegra.