Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Nathan | Unlocking the Bridge_ How Mast Cells Protect and Connect Our Body

21 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Dr Nathan explains how mast cells bridge your nervous and immune systems, sitting in tissues like your sinuses, throat, and gut. When activated, they release hundreds of chemicals that trigger inflammation and varied symptoms. Effective treatment addresses all the systems involved, not just one.

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Mast cells are a cellular way of protecting ourselves. And mast cells connect to the nervous system. They're a bridge between the nervous system and the immune system. And they're present in every tissue of the body, especially in the tissues of the body that interface with the outside world, because they're an immune cell that try to protect us. Lining of the sinuses, the throat, the gut, the vaginal tissues. That's where they are most present. And once activated, they release hundreds of biochemical materials that have loads of symptoms and make us inflamed. All three systems work together, and we've learned that we need to treat all three systems if someone becomes sensitive.