Category: Dr. Castells

Dr. Castells, MCAS

How mast cell issues can get better, Part 2: Reducing inflammatory activity

Hey everyone, In my last post, I talked about how mast cell disorders can actually get better, and some of the ways in which this can happen. In this post, I wanted to go more into detail on one of those ways– and that has to do with mast cells’ inflammatory activity. In her interview with Yasmina, Dr. Castells explains how lifestyle changes, can help to … Continue reading How mast cell issues can get better, Part 2: Reducing inflammatory activity

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Dr. Castells, Gastrocrom, Medications, Sodium Cromolyn, Uncategorized

Dr. Castells on Sodium Cromolyn (Gastrocrom)

In this talk, Dr. Castells describes how the recommended therapeutic dose is 200 mg 4 times a day.  However, the drug causes so many side effects (in the intestines is what she mentions) so they start with 100 mg once a day, and increase over the course of 8 weeks. Once they get up to the therapeutic level, there is a “profound inhibition of mast … Continue reading Dr. Castells on Sodium Cromolyn (Gastrocrom)

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Dr. Castells, Gastrointentestinal, Nutrition

Dr. Castells’ thought on food activating mast cells

I found this question on the World Allergy Organization website, where it appears doctors can ask questions of other doctors. http://www.worldallergy.org/ask-the-expert/questions/mast-cell-activation Here’s a question I was wondering about, myself: Does mast cell activation and release occur in non-atopic food intolerance? What is the evidence, for and against? By Dr Mariana Castells There is indirect evidence through the measurement of mast cell mediators that GI mast … Continue reading Dr. Castells’ thought on food activating mast cells

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Dr. Castells, Nutrition

Dr. Castells’ dietary recommendations

I’m really fortunate that I managed to get an appointment with Dr. Castells, a world-renowned expert on mast cell disease.   I know that not everyone is so fortunate as to have someone like Dr. Castells practicing near them, so part of the purpose of my blog will be to pass on the things I learned from her. So: Here are the list of food triggers … Continue reading Dr. Castells’ dietary recommendations

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Dr. Castells, Uncategorized

Dr. Castells interview with Yasmina, Part 2: Stress and Mast Cells

Yasmina: How does stress, or our ability to successfully deal with it, impact our prognosis, or the intensity of symptoms we experience? Essentially, what’s our role in this this condition – are we really helpless bystanders at the mercy of our mast cells? Dr Castells: “I think really when the patient realises that, and in having a positive attitude about the disease, the impact is … Continue reading Dr. Castells interview with Yasmina, Part 2: Stress and Mast Cells

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Dr. Castells, Uncategorized

Dr. Castells interview with Yasmina, Part 1 (“Lifestyle Changes DO Work”).

“My recipe, not as a physician, but as someone who has followed patients with mastocytosis over about 20 something years, and seeing it’s kind of evidence based, not published, but evidence based, the patients in which I have been most successful in treating are patients who make changes in exercise and diet, and need a few medications here and there. They’ll need protection with an … Continue reading Dr. Castells interview with Yasmina, Part 1 (“Lifestyle Changes DO Work”).

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