Tracy Harris
Current state of health in the United States and Worldwide:
A long-term condition where the body continues to produce inflammatory cells and chemicals, even when there is no danger. It can last for months or years and can cause damage to healthy cells, tissues, and organs.
Histamine Intolerance (HIT) is a condition caused by the inability of the body to break down the amount of histamine released from food causing a myriad of symptoms. This is a result of not having enough Diamine Oxidase (DAO), and to a lesser extent, enough Histamine N-Methyltransferase (HMNT) or the inhibition of DAO to break down the histamine—a DAO deficiency. A DAO deficiency can be genetic or caused by disease or pharmaceuticals.
Mast cells (part of your white blood cells) are immune/defense cells found throughout the body that are your 1st line of defense against pathogens—i.e. viral or bacterial infections, environmental or chemical toxins, insect bites or stings etc. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) occurs when mast cells become overactive in response to many different stimuli, i.e. allergens, foods, hormones, stress, chemicals, pathogens, EMFs (Electromagnetic Fields); MCAS occurs when you have a normal amount of mast cells but they become hyperactive, hypersensitive, hyper regulated -- an increased and inappropriate activation of mast cells without proliferation (normal cell growth by division). MCAS is a collection of symptoms resulting from mast cells in the body releasing inflammatory mediators too frequently and too often causing chronic inflammation in multiple organs/tissues/systems, with or without allergic-type problems and sometimes even abnormal growth and development in various tissues.
Both Histamine Intolerance (HIT) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) can involve chronic inflammation causing multiple symptoms in multiple systems of your body.
Symptoms per System That May Be Caused by HIT and/or MCAS:
For MCAS to be suspected, chronic symptoms in a minimum of 2 systems must be present. Only a very few people have ALL of these symptoms. Most people with MCAS have subsets of these symptoms, some persistent and some that come and go. Because of a myriad of different causes and triggers, symptoms can differ greatly from person to person.
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