allergy to beef?

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I've been a vegetarian for 25 years. Last month I decided to eat beef. About that time I developed an itchy eyelid and it turned into a swollen eye/lid, cheek.. itchy, red. Eye doc said I have an allergy. I've been loving beef and eating it quite often. I just made the connection 2 days ago. Have stopped beef. My eye is back to normal... so far! Could this really be the reason?
 
Yes, it's possible. Normally it's an enzyme in the particular meat - came thing can happen with chicken.
 
THanks for answering that.
Once the allergin is in your system, how long before symptoms completely go away. I haven't eaten meat in 3 days but I can see just a very slight swollen edge on my eyelid in the morning.
 
It can vary from a few hours to a few days. It's hard to say as everyone is different.
Generally speaking though, it should be totally gone within a week.
 
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