Mast Cell Help is a guide book. It brings together topic summaries for 100+ medical concepts about mast cell symptoms, conditions, and treatments. This includes information about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), the immune system, histamines and antihistamines, and many related medical areas.
This guide book is similar to a glossary, or a primer, or a specific encyclopedia. The guide is intended for quick easy learning and sharing.
I am creating this ebook because of my personal experience with mast cell illness as a patient. This is the guide book that I wish I had when I started. I hope it can help you too.
All the topics here are chosen because they have come up in mast cell discussions with patients, doctors, nurses, healthcare providers, and scientific researchers. Mast cell illnesses are often relatively complex conditions, and some conditions such as MCAS are relatively recent designations.
If you have suggestions for more topics, then please let me know.
Some of the topics are related, so they are grouped into sections. For example, the topics about each medical condition are grouped together. The section grouping is intended to help readers get up to speed faster. If you have suggestions for new groups, or topics that should be in existing groups, then please let me know.
You can read any topic page, in any order, at any time. Each topic page is intended be clear on its own, without needing cross-references or links.
If you're interested in a comprehensive cover-to-cover book, you may want to try university textbooks, such as for medical conditions, diagnostics, and treatments.
People should read this guide if they want to learn quickly about Mast Cell Help, and how to diagnose it and treat it.
For patients who have mast cell illnesses, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, or related conditions, this guide is intending to summarize and distill many of your daily concepts and terminology. For you, the value of the guide is in being able to quickly and easily read about your healthcare concepts. For example, if you want to learn a bit about inflammation, then you can quickly and easily read one page, then discuss with your healthcare provider. You can freely excerpt, remix, and share these pages with anyone you want.
For people who work with mast cell illnesses and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, this guide is intending to bring you up to speed quickly and easily, so you can work better together with your patients. When you and your patient have some knowledge of terminology, then you're better-able to share information, collaborate, and create the working relationships that you value.
For science researchers, this guide is a snapshot of what many doctors and patients are discussing about MCAS. Your expertise is very much needed to improve diagnosis, and to discover better treatments, and to advocate for healthcare education about MCAS.