Dr. Rob Whitfield links eczema, hay fever, and animal allergies to mast cell activation syndrome. He found 83% of his patients carry MTHFR gene variants, which he sees as a strong predictor of chronic inflammation. MCAS cases have risen since COVID-19.
If a person has eczema, hay fever, allergies to animals, are they very likely develop more BII? Um, I think that's concerning. You may have a problem with MCAS. Can't talk about that. So MTHFR for us, when you look at our patients, 83% have single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs. And that is a, a big indicator to me that people are gonna have more trouble. Dr. Dempsey about MCAS, she feels like that is yet another big driver of chronic inflammatory symptoms, which I totally agree with. I see more and more people with MCAS, especially since the pandemic.
