Yes! You heard it right, consuming red meat might also cause several allergies some of which can be life-threatening. These life-threatening allergies are caused by having red meat in your diet. Red meat can be pork, chicken, mutton, and even beef.
The allergy caused by consuming red meat is due to the body’s incapability of digesting a specific carbohydrate. Red meat allergy is otherwise also called as “alpha-gal” allergy. The name as it fails to digest the carbohydrate-galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose.
As there is delay in digestion of the carbohydrate, it ends up delaying the symptoms too. This leads to confusion among people as they fail to recognize the symptoms of red meat allergy.
Some of the common symptoms of red meat allergy are:
1) Hives and Itching:
Itching is one of the most common symptoms of red meat allergies. The itching can develop in any part of the body, yet most commonly it is observed at arms, legs, and back.
2) Swelling of your face and lips:
Another common symptom that helps the doctors in recognizing the allergy is swelling. After a few hours of consumption of meat, your face and lips begin to swell.
3) Shortness of breath and wheezing:
After a few minutes of having food, you can experience cough and shortness of breath. This can be a symptom of red meat allergy if combined with the above-mentioned symptoms.
4) Abdominal pain:
Red meat allergies if passes the stage of mildness, causes abdominal pain. The pain may range from mild to severe. This also is observed within a few hours of consumption of food.
5) Nausea, diarrhea:
The abdominal pain can extend and lead to vomiting/ nausea and eventually leads to diarrhea.
These are some of the meat allergy symptoms that are commonly observed among people.
If the allergy worsens, one is advised to visit the doctor at the earliest and take medications. The doctors also recommend some changes in your daily diet. Medications will definitely help you get rid of these red meat allergy symptoms as early as possible.
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