Mast Cell Activation Syndrome & Menopause Symptoms Overlap Are you young with severe menopause-like symptoms? Or perimenopausal with symptoms that feel extreme for your age? Do you have symptoms that don’t add up, normal tests, but you feel constantly inflamed? Common signs include: easy bruising skin reactions gut issues weight gain fluid retention ADHD endometriosis PCOS autoimmune conditions These can all overlap with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). MCAS is very common, but still poorly

For those of us who have a # of “weird symptoms” and esp. are “reactive” (esp. inconsistently and “randomly” reactive), this is a highly undervalued and underdiagnosed condition: mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS- otherwise generalized here as mast cell disorders). Check this chart from the non-profit org, The Mast Cell Society For a Cure (www.TMSforaCure.org). The “allergy” (respiratory) symptoms are familiar to us, but many of us deal with a variety of the other symptoms, and they are otherw

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