Toxic Triggers for MCAS

This post discusses toxic triggers for MCAS.

Stress, toxins, and infection all cause mast cells to dump their mediators, which brings inflammation to affected body parts, further activating mast cells. At the same time, your organ systems react to the increase in mast cell activity, causing more symptomatology, and furthering the cycle. This post continues the discussion about the three triggers for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS – pronounced “em-cass”): Infections, Toxins, and Stree. I covered infectious triggers in this previous post, and this post covers stress.

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What are toxins?

The category of toxins includes everything from pollution exposure in the environment to pesticides in your food, EMFs, off-gassing furniture, paint, building materials, home furnishings, and even mold exposure.

Why are toxic triggers for MCAS?

Toxic exposure can cause vagus nerve damage, which signals to the brain that the body is not safe. When there is a continuous message that the body is unsafe mast cells overreact and congregate at the perceived site of toxic injury, creating more inflammation, and perpetuating the cycle of over-reactivity.

What are toxic triggers for MCAS?

Environmental toxic triggers for MCAS

We are all exposed to pollution of some sort in our world. One aspect that you can control is where you live. This post covers many of the factors to consider when choosing a place to live

Pesticides and chemical toxic triggers in food

Eating a clean whole foods diet is part of any health routine. But going a step further and eating organic is crucial when you are suffering from MCAS because pesticides and other chemicals in foods are a big contributor to Mast Cell issues.

Household toxic triggers for MCAS

Beth O’Hara of Mast Cell 360 lists these harmful chemicals that are endemic in our modern environment are triggers for MCAS as well:

VOCs – Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) tend to be two to five times higher in indoor air than in outdoor air.
PFAS, including PFOAs, PFOS, PTFE, etc.
Vinyl Chloride is used while producing chemicals like vinyl shower curtains or PVC.
Phthalates are used to make plastics more flexible and harder to break.
Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Bisphenol-S (BPS) are found in plastics
Flame retardants are in clothing and textiles
Bromopropane is in everything from pesticides, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals to other chemicals
Propylene Oxide is used to produce polyurethane foam.

What is MCAS?

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a chronic condition that affects all organ systems. MCAS is serious and disabling and people with MCAS experience often significant and debilitating symptoms daily, including anaphylaxis, which can be fatal.

MCAS is often found in combination with other chronic conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).

Frequently healthcare providers do not know about MCAS, and the tests for MCAS are problematic because they are not uniformly reliable. MCAS can be difficult to manage. Treatments include blocking mast cell mediators with anti-histamines and mast cell stabilizers, as well as avoiding triggers.

Check out this post on how to manage MCAS.

The bucket theory

The bucket theory offers a helpful analogy for understanding symptom reactions with MCAS.

Think of your body as an empty bucket that you want to keep from overflowing. Different foods and activities fill your histamine bucket at different speeds but they combine to form the total level of histamine in your body (how full your bucket is). A fuller bucket means you have more histamine symptoms. When you manage triggers, reduce exposure to known triggers, and take medications and supplements to reduce histamine, you can manage the level of your bucket.

Know your typical symptom progression

Knowing your symptom progression in a symptom flare is the key to developing your own rescue plan. In this post, I discuss how to determine your own symptom progression. Once you know what typically happens in your symptom progression you can design a rescue plan to address those symptoms.

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EMFs

Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMFs) are a growing concern for those with chronic health issues. See this post for more.

Mold Toxicity

Check out this post on how to identify, remediate, and heal from mold toxicity.

Parasites

If you have chronic health conditions such as MCAS you likely have many co-morbid conditions. Because MCAS causes gut imbalances you are more susceptible to colonization by unhelpful opportunistic organisms. A common one is parasites. Check out this post for more on how to identify and treat parasites.

Heal on Multiple Levels

So, as with infections and stress, if you want to heal toxin triggers for MCAS you need to take a multi-pronged approach:

• Deal with the limbic and vagal issues so that the body knows it is no longer under attack;
• Address the root cause of the toxic exposure
• Continue to calm mast cell reactions with dietary and supplement support

Homeopathy for detoxing

I use Energetix homeopathic remedies for many facets of MCAS, from sleep to addressing infections, to detoxing.

Energetix homeopathic products are prepared according to the HPUS guidelines (Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States) and are formulated to effectively address a wide variety of modern concerns. The pleasant-tasting liquid form of Energetix remedies is easy to dose and use.

Energetix makes three types of homeopathic remedies: Paths, Tones, and Chords.

• Paths – Product names ending in “Path” are for symptoms related to weakness or imbalance in systems, organs, glands, or tissues.
• Tones – Product names ending in “Tone” are for symptoms related to congestion or stress in systems, organs, glands, or tissues.
• Chords – Product names ending in “Chord” are for symptoms related to systems, organs, glands or tissues that are compromised or overburdened by toxins.

With Energetix remedies you are best off combining a Chord with a Tone; the Chord addresses toxicity in the body, while the Tone provides drainage support to excrete the toxins. Paths can be taken without the support of a Tone.

Here is my list of go-to Energetix Remedies for detoxing when you have MCAS or other chronic illnesses.

Calm Five – is helpful for trauma

Relax Tone is one of my favorite supports for restlessness and sleep

Relief Tone is helpful for addressing injuries and trauma

Isopathic Phenolic Rings supports those with multiple sensitivities

MycoCan-Chord is for symptoms of candida mold toxicity

Para-Chord is for addressing parasites

Viru-Chord is helpful for clearing viral infections such as EBV

Neuro-Chord is helpful for neurotoxins

Hepata-Chord pairs with Hepatic-Tone, and is for general liver toxicity

Tox-Chord is for chemical toxicity

Drainage Tone supports detox pathways

Hypothamalapath – assists with neuropathy, concussion, brain fog, sleep, and hot flashes

Metabopath – supports the Krebs cycle and metabolism

Lymph-Tone II assists with detoxing chronic issues

Lymph-Tone III is helpful in detoxing issues due to hypersensitivities and neuropathy

It is important to pair Chords with Tones, so if you would like help choosing remedies for your specific situation please schedule a session with me for individualized support. Click here to schedule a session.

Frequency healing for detoxing

Individualized specific microcurrent can be an amazing tool run to detoxify all parts of the body.

Work with a qualified health provider to assess your toxic load and determine a plan to detox your body on a schedule you can tolerate.

Check out this powerful frequency device

Healy is an individualized specific microcurrent device (ISM) that runs beneficial electrical currents directed by an app on your phone. Healy can be used to magnify your intention and to get the most out of your life. Check out this post for more about Healy. And this post provides some tips and tricks for Healy.

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Disclaimer

The preceding material does not constitute medical advice. This information is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, cure or treatment. Always seek advice from your medical doctor.