: a granulocyte that occurs especially in connective tissue and has basophilic granules containing substances (such as histamine and heparin) which mediate allergic reactions
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There is often a biologic trigger that is being missed: excessive venous pooling from collagen laxity, vascular extravasation from chronic allergy/inflammation from mast cell activation, environmental triggers including food intolerances, medication excipients, mold toxicity, and infections.
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 3 Aug. 2024
Halsey has also been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), Sjogren’s syndrome, and MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 July 2024
Combination antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer drops can help prevent histamine release and mop up whatever seeps through.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
This disease causes excess abnormal mast cells that build up in organ tissue.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 3 Aug. 2024
Halsey has also been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), Sjogren’s syndrome, and MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 July 2024
Combination antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer drops can help prevent histamine release and mop up whatever seeps through.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
This disease causes excess abnormal mast cells that build up in organ tissue.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
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mast cell
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: a granulocyte that occurs especially in connective tissue and has basophilic granules containing substances (as histamine and heparin) which mediate allergic reactions
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