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by ryan-allen 1827 days ago
More research is needed, my anecdotal experiences is that different people have wide differences in the way that they react to alpha gal.

I know someone who went into full anaphylaxis from inhaling aeroplane food on a flight, requiring both injectors, they were in their late 40s.

I know someone who was able to reintroduce cheese and that worked for them.

The variance and time to affect seems to vary depending on the person.

My ex partner has a reaction petting my dogs who've been running out in the yard rolling in wallaby poop.

It's bloody awful affliction :( It prevents you from being able to enjoy many activities that most people take for granted.

The good thing is bird is pretty versatile! Duck is amazing, where I live you can buy duck chortizo. Groups I've joined on Facebook that are USA based are doing Emu briskets!

My ex goes and gets a test every once in a while that measures some level that they can use to tell if it's getting better or worse.

The crazy thing is that the local schools ban peanut butter but a sausage sizzle as they're called here (cooking like 50 sausages at a time for a fundraisers) are all totally OK, despite the allergy being an ongoing issue for the local area (just like in the USA, it's localised).