This is not as bad as Alpha-Gal syndrome.
Fitness influencer, 31, left paralyzed from tick bite: ‘My body completely gave up’:
According to the social media star, tiny organisms called Babesia had entered her bloodstream via a tick bite. Her red blood cells were targeted as a result.
“It completely shattered my immune system,” she said on social media. “It became so bad that something as simple as locking my phone or turning my car’s wheel became moments of agony.”
The condition affects fewer than 3,000 people per year in the US, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
It’s a bad year for ticks at Nogglestead. I’ve pulled a walking on me–bad ticks that they are, when you can feel them on you–and I’ve had a bite already. The other evening, I went to the garden and harvested 8 radishes and pulled two ticks off of myself in the house after. I do not like that ratio and hope it does not hold.
I’m not making light of Alpha-Gal syndrome. I have a real fear of it since I know two people who have it/have had it (apparently, treatment is improving).
But I’d rather be paralyzed than allergic to meat. Maybe.
