270. Dr. Tania Dempsey: Mast Cells, Chronic Fatigue, & Hidden Inflammation

0:00Right now, in my practice, 100% of patients with PCOS have mast cell activation syndrome.

0:05Up to 17 to 20% of the population may have mast cell syndrome and not know it.

0:10It mimics dozens of other conditions, allergies, IBS, anxiety, chronic fatigue, skin issues.

0:15Mast cell activation syndrome is a chronic inflammatory multi-system condition.

0:21Everyone has mast cells.

0:22Mast cells are your front line of your immune system.

0:26They're helping us, but they can also damage us.

0:28They're chemical messengers, and when their system is faulty, they can chronically secrete these without an invasion, as if one was occurring.

0:37Let's look at the root and understand, you know, that the mast cells are affecting the motility.

0:41They're causing inflammation in the gut.

0:43They're making it more difficult to tolerate certain foods.

0:45This is such a fascinating, underserved area of medicine where we start really looking at root causes and how symptoms don't necessarily link back to the pathology that people are diagnosed with.

0:58It may be something even deeper.