People With MCAS See 19 Doctors on Average Before Getting a Diagnosis #shorts

Patients will see on average 19 different doctors before they get the diagnosis. Yet up to 19% of the population is suffering with this. What am I talking about? Mast cell activation syndrome. There are over 200 different symptoms you can have with mast cell activation syndrome. So it makes sense all of a sudden how it's going to be commonly overlooked. But think about that, 19 different doctors before diagnosis. How are some of the ways we treat this? H1, H2 blockers, mast cell stabilizing medications, nutritionals that stabilize mast cells, removing triggering foods, treating mold, Lyme disease, gut issues. There are actually a lot of things you can do for mast cell activation syndrome, but you have to realize it's something that gets triggered by something else. So finding the trigger becomes a super huge important part of dealing with your illness. We need to kind of get to the bottom of mast cell activation syndrome. I'm now part of a group that's actually started an international consortium doing just that. But educating people about this thing that's really common is where you start. If you want to learn more about this, find out more details about it, we have a whole bunch of resources on our website through blogs, as well as on our podcast. If you or a loved one has actually been diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome or has a mystery illness that sounds like this, I'd love to hear from you below. Again, 19% of the population can— up to 19% of the population have this. So it's something that's really super common and commonly overlooked. So I'd love to hear from you.