Mast Cell Help
Mast Cell Help: this guide is for mast cell information about health symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, medications, conditions, and supportive measures. This guide explains one topic per page, like a big glossary, easy wiki, quick encyclopedia, or summary notes.
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Contents
Introduction
Start here
What are mast cells?
- Where are mast cells?
- What doctors and providers can help?
- How to find a doctor or provider?
- Support groups
- Facebook groups
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis via clinical evaluation
- Diagnosis via laboratory tests
- Diagnosis consensus 2 criteria
- Severity
- Treatments
- Medications
- Dietary modifications
- Supportive measures
- Differential diagnoses
- Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) versus histamine intolerance (HI)
Inflammation
- Histamine
- Antihistamine
- Antihistamine types
- Diamine oxidase
- Tryptase
- Heparin
- C-reactive protein (CRP)
- Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Alternative therapies
- Functional medicine
- Integrative medicine
- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- Acupuncture
- Cupping
- Meditation
- Somatic Experiencing (SE)
- Graded Exercise Therapy (GET)
- Ketamine therapy
- Low-dose naltrexone (LDN)
- Myers’ Cocktail
- Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) intravenous (IV) therapy
- Gut-brain connection
- Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)
Trigger cleaning
- Household triggers
- Chemical triggers
- Environmental triggers
- Food triggers
- Allergens, irritants, toxins
- Air filters
- Water filters
- Activated carbon filters
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- Ventilation
Stress Management
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
- Self-soothing
- Sleep hygiene
- SHINE protocol
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Buteyko breathing method
- Vagus nerve reset
- Polyvagal theory
- Polyvagal exercises
Limbic system retraining
Food diary
- Elimination diet
- Elemental diet
- Ketogenic diet
- Carnivore diet
- Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) diet
- Low-histamine diet
- Low-allergen diet
- Low-amylose diet
- Low-oxalate diet
- Low-lectin diet
- Low-FODMAP diet
- Low-salicylate diet
- Low-sodium diet
- Intermittent fasting (IF)
Dietary supplements
- Considerations
- Electrolytes
- Macronutrients and micronutrients
- Nutritional shakes
- Neocate Splash
- Prebiotic supplements
- Probiotic supplements
- Diamine oxidase supplements
- Omega-3
- Quercetin
- Glutathione
- Turmeric
- Calcium
- Calcium D-glucarate
- Copper
- Magnesium glycinate
- N-acetyl cysteine (NAC)
- Zinc
Vitamin supplements
- Multivitamin
- Vitamin B complex
- Vitamin B1 = Thiamine
- Vitamin B2 = Riboflavin
- Vitamin B3 = Niacin
- Vitamin B5 = Pantothenic acid
- Vitamin B6 = Pyridoxine
- Vitamin B7 = Biotin
- Vitamin B9 = Folate
- Vitamin B12 = Cobalamin
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin C low-histamine forms
Herbal supplements
Conditions
Histamine intolerance (HI)
Allergies
- Allergy types
- Allergic reactions
- Allergy drops (a.k.a. sublingual immunotherapy)
- Allergy shots (a.k.a. subcutaneous immunotherapy)
- Wool allergy
- Textile dermatitis
- Hypoallergenic products
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis emergency treatment
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
Asthma
Bartonellosis
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS)
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Contact allergic dermatitis
Diverticulosis
Dysautonomia
Dysbiosis
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Endometriosis
Endosalpingiosis
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
Ferroptosis
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Leaky gut
Lyme disease with Borrelia, Bartonella, Babesia
Mastocytosis
- Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM)
- Systemic mastocytosis (SM)
- Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM)
- Mast Cell Leukemia (MCL)
Mold exposure
Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (MARCoNS)
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS)
Multisystem disease
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Systemic Mastocytosis with Associated Hematologic Neoplasm (SM-AHN)
Scar tissue adhesions
Sjögren’s syndrome
Sulfur intolerance
Telangiectasia Macularis Eruptiva Perstans (TMEP)
Toxin exposure
Components
α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH)
Aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhR)
Lysine-proline-valine (KPV)
Symptoms
Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenaline dumping
Bradycardia
Brain fog
Bronchospasm
Hypertryptasemia
Hypotension
Presyncope
Diagnostics
- Allergy testing
- Histamine testing
- Complement C4-A blood test
- Mast cell tryptase stimulation test
- Nasal swab
- Nutrition testing
- Microbiome testing
- Genetic Environmental Illness (GENIE) test
- N-methylhistamine test
- Prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) test
- Serum tryptase test
- Bone marrow biopsy
Mold exposure diagnostics
Treatment types
Adrenaline emergency auto-injector
Antihistamine medications
Antifungal medications
Asthma medications
Bile acid sequestrants
Biotoxin treatments
Bronchodilators
Corticosteroids
Cromolyn sodium
Diphenhydramine
Famotidine
Immunotherapy
Levocetirizine
Mast cell genetics
Circulatory system
Lymphatic system
Limbic system
Microbiota
Videos
- What is the role of mast cells in inflammation? - By Animated Biology with Arpan
- Understanding Mast Cell Activation Disorders - By NIAID
- Management of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) - By David Saperstein
- Living with hEDS, MCAS, and a Low Histamine Diet - By Kate Robinson
- Mast Cell Activation Disorders - By Anne Maitland
Books
- Mast Cells United - By Amber Walker
- Understanding Histamine Intolerance & Mast Cell Activation - By Mariska Wild-Scholten
- Never Bet Against Occam - By Lawrence Afrin
- The 4-Phase Histamine Reset Plan - By Becky Campbell
- Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness - By Neil Nathan
- The Trifecta Passport: Tools for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – By Amber Walker
Glossary
- Glossary of medical roles
- Glossary of medical times
- Glossary of medical tests
- Glossary of units of measurement