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I just had an allergic reaction today with itching, hives and trouble breathing from a buffalo burger at a restaurant. I also have allergic reaction to beef with same symptoms. I've had this happen after eating a steak at a restaurant. That was my worse one, Beef tips and hamburger from restaurant and beef from store. I recently started getting the natural beef(Krogers-Laura something brand) and so far I've not had any allergy symptoms when I had this It says on the package that there are no hormones or antibiotics in it.. I took a benadryl and it makes me tired but I've heard that you can take the non drowsy claritin. I'm also wondering what they are giving to the animals now that is causing this as I never had this happen for years. This started in the last year or two. I think they are loading them with hormones and antibiotics. I've never had a reaction to chicken but I heard they use hormones on them too but it must be too small to cause a reaction. Sorry I have no solution as I miss eating steak esp. when I go out to a restaurant. They do have natural steak in the store and again no allergic reaction. I do not know about the usda labeled beef in stores. I read their info. and can make no sense out of it. Also I did not realize that bison and buffalo are different

OMG....Since about May of 2008 I also have an allergy to beef/pork. At first I had no clue to what my allergy was with. I would get hives...swell up...and itch like crazy. The itching would stop if I layed down in the tub filled with warm water. I cant even eat bacon or ham....its been chicken and turkey for over a year now. Worst thing is I am sort of over paranoid about this...the itching is pure hell. I found out its not just eating...but if steamed and I am over it while being steaming...I get the reaction but not as intense. Thank god or whatever higher being you belive in that I can still drink MILK. Thank you everyone for your comments...I at least know others are in the same boat...maybe there is hope.

I too am allergic to beef. During the last year, I've had to add pork to the list as well. I used to eat hot dogs, but that's over as of last night due to a trip to the ER with anaphalaxis. Very scary......I don't know what the cause is, no one can tell me. I developed this in my mid-twenties and it has progressively gotten worse. I can no longer eat Arby's roast beef, McDonalds, Wendy's--you name it, it nails me. Just FYI though, don't mess around with anaphylactic reactions. Get to the ER quickly; you can die from this. Your blood pressure may dump so low that your body cannot recover on it's own. The only solution I have found is to avoid the offending food. It's chicken, fish or turkey. Yuk. Anyway, it would be interesting to find out what the exact culprit is. Good luck everyone.

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