Title

Alpha gal syndrome – A rare case report in South India

Authors

Suganya Sribalaji^1,*, S Asmathulla², J Manavalan¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Biochemistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Kalitheerthalkuppam, Madagadipet, Puducherry, India; ²Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS Madurai, Tamilnadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Suganya Sribalaji - E - mail: drsuganya324@gmail.com
S Asmathulla - E - mail: asmath.ulla@rediffmail.com
J Manavalan - E - mail: drjaidyogi@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 1, 2025; Revised May 31, 2025; Accepted May 31, 2025, Published May 31, 2025

Abstract

A 31-year-old female presented with complaints of itching with previous history of 5-6 anaphylactic reactions since last one month. Her symptoms were preceded (3-6 hours) with intake of red meat. She suffered one tick bite (probably a lone star tick) one month before the allergic episodes. Laboratory tests showed elevated serum IgE levels. She was suspected to suffer from Alpha gal syndrome. It is a disease causally linked to bites from ticks. Although cases of alpha-gal allergy have already been reported in a few European countries, to our best knowledge, no cases have been reported so far in South India. She was managed with steroids and dietary restrictions.

Keywords

Tick bite, alpha gal allergy, alpha gal syndrome

Citation

Sribalaji et al. Bioinformation 21(5): 982-984 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.