![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-cant-leave-my-home-after-life-threatening-meat-allergy-was-triggered-by-tick/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23349216-1691153859447.jpg&description=TICKED OFF Published : 14:51, 4 Aug 2023 Updated : 14:51, 4 Aug 2023 A MAN has been left unable to leave his house after a life-threatening meat allergy was triggered by a tick. Christopher Goldman, 28, was walking a dog through the woods near his home in Woking, Surrey , in December when he was bitten by the parasite. 2 Christopher Goldman was walking a dog through the woods near his home when he was bitten Credit: Sky News 2 The tick left him with a serious allergy to red meat Credit: Getty He was then bit another four more times causing him to suffer from alpha-gal syndrome - a tickborne illness which causes anaphylaxis if red meat is consumed. The business production manager has since suffered eight fainting episodes with five happening in just one day. In June, Christopher experienced his most severe reaction yet admitting he was "waiting to die". He told Sky News : "I woke up with intense itching and I was very hot. "My skin was crimson red and I had hives all over my body." He then collapsed on the bathroom floor. When re-gaining consciousness, he said he couldn't shout out for help so just lay there terrified. He added: "I just spent the time looking up at the ceiling, just waiting to either die or see what happened to me. "It was definitely the most traumatic experience ever." Christopher now believes any exposure, including airborne, will trigger a reaction. He doesn't leave his home over fears he'll come into contact with either wool, diary products, leather or anything connected to a red-meat animal . Forced to carry an epi-pen, wear an emergency contact bracelet and live in just three rooms of his home, Christopher has even piled up anything that might be a danger in the front room of his house. A blood test confirmed his tick bites had developed into alpha-gal syndrome. It is caused when the tick responsible for the bite carries the specific molecule in its saliva. It then enters a person's blood stream causing their antibodies to form a reaction to re){kind=link}
A MAN has been left unable to leave his house after a life-threatening meat allergy was triggered by a tick.
Christopher Goldman, 28, was walking a dog through the woods near his home in Woking, Surrey, in December when he was bitten by the parasite.
He was then bit another four more times causing him to suffer from alpha-gal syndrome – a tickborne illness which causes anaphylaxis if red meat is consumed.
The business production manager has since suffered eight fainting episodes with five happening in just one day.
In June, Christopher experienced his most severe reaction yet admitting he was “waiting to die”.