This post is about safer cleaning products for MCAS. Many cleaning products on the market contain fragrances, bleaches, and chemicals that are irritating for people with MCAS.
Trusted Personal Care Products
This post is about the personal care products that I have found to be tolerable with MCAS. Everyone has different triggers, so these products may not work for you. So use this as a starting place to figure out the products that you can tolerate.
Practical Strategies for Managing MCAS
This post provides some practical tips for managing MCAS — specifically to address stress as a trigger for MCAS. Stress, toxins, and infections are the three underlying triggers for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). This post covers treatments that are helpful for vagus nerve injury and limbic system dysfunction, which fall under the category of “stress.” So how do you manage “stress”? Read to find out!
The Importance of Vagus Nerve Health in MCAS
This post addresses the importance of vagus nerve health for MCAS.
Avoid Frustration – Figure Out What You Can Eat When You Have MCAS
This post provides ideas for what you can eat when you have MCAS.
Surviving with MCAS Away from Home
This post provides tips and tricks for surviving with MCAS away from home.
What is MCAS?
This post provides a primer on what is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
Secret Tips for Car Camping with Complex Chronic Illness
This post provides tips and tricks for car camping with complex chronic illness. So, let’s say that you have a complex chronic illness. You can’t eat in restaurants. You react to the bleach in bedding and towels in hotels. The pressure change from air travel makes you sick. How do you travel? Good question! Read on for my time-tested hacks for car camping with complex chronic illness.
My MCAS Journey – An Unbelievable Transformation
This post provides the context for this blog – My MCAS Journey – where it started, what has helped me along the way, what has failed miserably, and where I am now. Come along on my MCAS journey!