Dr. Scott Commins
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So it probably really matters that the tick bite is happening to our skin.
And we don't really know the exact...
factor and how it's hooked to alpha-gal, but probably the tick saliva contains what we might call alarmins.
So it turns the human immune system on and activates it and basically is like a danger signal to our immune system.
And then alpha-gal just becomes an innocent bystander that we make an allergic response to.
It can be, but it's also a simple term.
Correct.
Not at all.
The numbers seem incredibly high, right?
20, 30% of blood donors in some states, but that's just what we call sensitization, meaning you have a positive blood test.
overwhelmingly those people would eat red meat just fine.
We have a major issue in the field of allergy and immunology with our blood tests and our skin tests for that matter too.
They are not good screening tests.
They should be used when we suspect someone has an allergy.
So just taking a lot of samples and applying the test is not how that test should be used.
Basically, we think that's the truth.
In some ways, it probably is a marker for lone star tick bites and other bites, too, because alpha-gal syndrome is a global issue.
So it happens beyond just lone star ticks.
And you're correct to think that the alpha-gal IgE that we detected in this recent publication
that probably serves as a marker for tick bites.
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