Lack of awareness, lack of diagnosisScientists have only recently begun to understand alpha-gal syndrome.
Another third of respondents said they were not confident about their ability to diagnose or manage a patient with alpha-gal allergy.
Diagnoses on the riseResearchers haven’t had a good idea how many Americans might have alpha-gal syndrome.
This led to them to estimate that between 96,000 and 450,000 Americans may have been affected by alpha-gal syndrome since 2010.
A CDC map shows the geographic distribution of suspected alpha-gal syndrome cases per 1 million population per year from 2017 to 2022.
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