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Diagnosis

How I got diagnosed

When I first developed symptoms of mast cell activation in the fall of 2018, I had no idea what was happening to me. I was already seeing an allergist for my environmental allergies at an outpatient practice here in Massachusetts. When my mast cell symptoms began, I started to experience some small reactions to food.  My doctor ran blood tests to check for allergies to … Continue reading How I got diagnosed

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Medications

A slight improvement (thank you, Nasacort!).

Here’s another example of why I always tell people to keep a journal. I know, in the abstract, that the nasal corticosteroid sprays (like Flonase and Nasacort) have to be used every day in order to be effective. My allergy doctor told me this. But somehow I always seem to forget. Nasacort helps me a lot (better than Flonase) but when I’m doing well, I … Continue reading A slight improvement (thank you, Nasacort!).

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