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Mindy Weisberger

Diagnostic dilemma: Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meat

White tailed deer photographed in the wild (left) alongside a lone-star tick in a circle superimposed on the image (right).

The patient: A 47-year-old man in Michigan

The symptoms: The patient went to a hospital emergency room with swollen eyelids and an itchy rash. He told his doctors that these symptoms arose a day earlier, and since their appearance, he intermittently felt like he was going to faint. For five days before visiting the hospital, he had cramps, nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting. Three weeks prior to that, he had developed watery stools after eating.

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