Medicine:Pork–cat syndrome
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Short description: Allergy to pork linked with cat allergy
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Pork–cat syndrome is an allergy to pork, usually after adolescence, that is related to cat allergy. Although first described in 1994,[1][2][3] it was first documented in the U.S. by Scott Commins and Thomas Platts-Mills during their research on alpha-gal allergy.[4]
It is called "pork–cat syndrome" because it is a cross-reactivity where an allergy to cat serum albumin (protein made by a cat's liver)[4] cross-reacts with pork albumin and "can lead to severe or even fatal allergic reactions on occasions when pork is consumed."[3]
See also
- Allergy to cats
- Alpha-gal syndrome (mammal meat allergy)
- List of allergies
References
- ↑ Abreu, Carmo; Gomes, Raquel; Bartolome Borja, Bial-Arístegui; Falcão, Helena; Cunha, Leonor (30 March 2015). "Pork-cat syndrome?". Clin Transl Allergy 5 (Suppl 3): P164. doi:10.1186/2045-7022-5-S3-P164.
- ↑ Warner, Jennifer (6 November 2011). "Pork-Cat Syndrome an Under-Recognized Allergy". WebMD. http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20111106/pork-cat-syndrome-an-under-recognized-allergy.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Posthumus, Jonathon; James, Hayley R; Lane, Charles J; Matos, Luis A; Platts-Mills, Thomas A E; Commins, Scott P (24 March 2017). "Initial Description of Pork-Cat Syndrome in the United States". J Allergy Clin Immunol 131 (3): 923–5. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.12.665. PMID 23352634.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zaraska, Marta (2 December 2013). "Allergic reactions to pork may be prompted by a protein made in the liver of cats". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/allergic-reactions-to-pork-may-be-prompted-by-a-protein-made-in-the-liver-of-cats/2013/12/02/e217d72a-51fa-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html.
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