Mast cell

PV Reporter is very pleased to welcome Kate Newberry as contributing writer. She is collaborating with me on the Mast Cell Mania series providing the "medical commentary."

Despite its prevalence, MCAS remains widely undiagnosed and misdiagnosed, often taking a staggering 10 to 20 years for accurate identification.

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Try some mast cell stabilizing foods to improve symptoms of mast cell activation syndrome and histamine intolerance.

Today Anne Marie and Michelle interview Dr. Lawrence Afrin, author of Never Bet Against Occam, about his work with patients dealing with Mast Cell Activation Disorder. Dr. Afrin is sharing with us his experience with

This post discusses mast cell mediators. When activated, mast cells produce many chemical mediators. Many mast cell mediators are crucial to our survival, so the goal is not to get rid of them but to keep your mast cells from being too activated and degranulating.

And what you should know if you have a chronic illness.

Cytology of a mast cell tumor from a Labrador Retriever. The magnification is 1000x. The cells are mast cells (although there are two granulocytes at the bottom and possibly a fibroblast to the right). The purple granules that are present in the cells are granules that contain histamine. Slide was stained with a modified Wright's stain.

What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? “Traditionally, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) was considered a rare disease generally focusing on the mast cell mediators tryptase and histamine and the blatant symptoms of flushing and anaphylaxis. New research indicates that it plays a large role in many chronic health conditions. Mast cells are coordinators of our […]