by Amber Walker | Apr 13, 2020 | All About MCAS, Resources, Treatment Options
I have some exciting news… I’m now focusing full-time on my passion of working with patients who have chronic conditions including MCAS! Origin Wellness is open, and I am now accepting new patients for telehealth appointments. Check out the website for...
by Amber Walker | Apr 6, 2020 | All About MCAS, Research, Resources
In January, a group from the American Academy of Allergy & Immunology published updated guidelines for anaphylaxis entitled “Anaphylaxis – a 2020 Practice Parameter Update, Systematic Review and GRADE Analysis.” The entire pre-print document was an impressive 135...
by Amber Walker | Mar 23, 2020 | All About MCAS, Nutrition
More and more patients are presenting with the label of salicylate intolerance, and this is super concerning for a number of reasons. Salicylates are found in all sorts of foods, beauty products, perfumes, preservatives and medications. It’s nearly impossible (well,...
by Amber Walker | Mar 16, 2020 | All About MCAS, Research
If you missed Part One, you can find it here… As I mentioned in a recent blog post, a lot happened in terms of MCAS research (relatively speaking) in 2019. Here is my best stab at a concise summary of the recently published literature, broken down by theme and type of...
by Amber Walker | Mar 2, 2020 | All About MCAS, Genetics, Research
In 2019 I published a book on MCAS, but in all reality the book was put together in 2017/2018. (Who knew the editing process could be so lengthy!) So, for the last several months I’ve been perusing the academic literature in order to determine if there have been any...
by Amber Walker | Mar 1, 2020 | All About MCAS, Environmental Concerns, Patient Stories
August 10th, 2018 Ticks are most often associated with Lyme disease, but they can also transmit a bunch of other serious health conditions, which often lead to the development of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Summer Carroll is a 29-year-old from...
