For many patients with diverse and seemingly unrelated symptoms, obtaining an accurate diagnosis can take years of specialist visits and inconclusive tests. Mast cell activation syndrome, a disorder ...

Patients with mast cell activation disorders safely tolerated doses of four of the COVID-19 vaccines, although there was a relative increase in hypersensitivity and anaphylactic reactions, according ...

In early 2020, Wynde Dyer walked into the house that would transform her life. The Central California ranch sat on a cul-de-sac of gated homes and glittering aquamarine pools. It boasted private ...

Eosinophils and mast cells are two types of immune cells with critical roles in responding to foreign assaults. When these cells do not function properly, several disease outcomes can develop (e.g.

The UAB Medicine MPN and Mastocytosis clinic, located in the Kirklin Clinic and the first of its kind in the Southeast, treats mast cell diseases. It is part of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, ...

Chronic urticaria (CU) is a dermatological condition characterized by recurrent wheals (hives), angioedema (deep tissue swelling), or both, persisting for over 6 weeks. 1 Unlike acute urticaria, which ...

According to an international multicenter study, CD2-negative mast cells are associated with significantly reduced overall survival in patients with SM. Patients with CD2-negative mast cells have ...

Jeanetta has been feeling poorly and never knew why until recently. Now 75, she's suffered for years with intermittent headaches, muscle and joint pain, fatigue and sometimes even broke out in rashes ...