Madison Area Lyme Support Group

Updated 1/8/24 with a new video and new information on

• KPV peptide and
• low dose naltrexone.

What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome?

Are you reacting to a lot of things that you eat or take for your infections or toxicity? Are your environmental sensitivities or allergies getting worse? It could be Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).

Mast cells are immune system cells found throughout the body. In the past, in medicine we thought they were only turned on to release histamines in allergic reactions. However we now know that they are turned on by a host of things like:

• Lyme and other tick-borne infections,
• Covid-19,
• mold toxicity,
• intestinal yeast overgrowth,
• things that trigger allergies called allergens,
• inflammation chemicals called cytokines,
• drugs,
• molds and fungae,
• proteins,
• toxins,
• stress through an adrenal gland stimulating chemical called corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH),
• and viruses.

(See link for article and video)

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For  more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/12/15/mcas-the-better-approach-to-healing-chronic-illnesses/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/05/04/how-lyme-mast-cell-and-mcs-are-related/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/03/13/mcas-lyme-msids/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/03/26/the-agony-of-mcas/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/08/20/mast-cell-activation-syndrome-an-alert-to-psychiatrists/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/01/12/can-treating-mast-cells-help-neurological-lyme/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/12/29/mcas-triggers-symptoms-how-to-cope/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/08/9-proven-treatments-for-mast-cell-activation-syndrome-plus-a-surprising-new-comer/