PDF-(BOOK)-Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics

In 2008 Dr Afrin started coming to understand that a newly recognized type of mast cell disease now called mast cell activation syndrome MCAS was the underlying diagnosis in many patients he was seeing who were each suffering large assortments quite different from one patient to the next of chronic multisystem inflammatory illnesses of unclear cause Dr Afrin soon gained experience that MCAS is far more prevalent than the only mast cell disease previously known to medicine the rare disease of mastocytosis and that most MCAS patients once accurately diagnosed can eventually find significantly helpful medications targeted at the disease The frequency and magnitude of the improvements Dr Afrin has seen even the relief that comes from finally having a unifying diagnosis other than psychosomatism have spurred him to focus in this area not only tending to the needs of his patients but also pursuing research to advance our understanding of the disease and helping to educate other professionals who in turn can help even more of the many people who have long been suffering not only the symptoms of the disease but also the natural concern of not understanding why one would be so unlucky to have acquired so many medical problems As it turns out such patients are not so unlucky and truly have just one root issue and a very common one at that which has the biological capability to develop directly or indirectly into most or all of their previously diagnosed problems There is a great deal yet to learn about this but even with just the present very limited understanding the opportunity to diagnose and help patients with MCAS seems to be enormous and Dr Afrin felt a description of the disease written for the general public might help lead some MCAS patients on a journey to diagnosis and improvement sooner rather than later Dr Afrin hopes this book will help people who might have or do have MCAS A portion of the proceeds of purchases of this book will go to support research and education in this area. 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