Dr. Amy Shah
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3 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 30 Jun
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And so that's why...
With anaphylaxis, a lot of people will get itching and then they'll get flushing and they'll get hives.
And so people are familiar with that anaphylaxis thing.
That is a histamine reaction.
That is a classic histamine reaction.
We can have smaller histamine reactions.
Women often during perimenopause will get hives and itching for no reason at all.
They'll get redness, they'll get flushing.
And they'll be like, what is going on?
And that is that histamine release because these immune cells are also sensitive to our hormonal signals.
And so when there's hormone changes and often like even in young women, often when they have hives, it'll say it gets worse around my period or it gets worse right before my period.
And so these are the types of reactions that women are not getting any answers because nobody really has studied this, but it is a phenomenon that we know exists and gets worse during perimenopause.
Yeah, so antihistamines are controversial too because Benadryl, the classic antihistamine that we used to use when we were kids,
has been shown in long-term use to be bad for dementia.
So for example, elderly people, they've done studies where if they're taking Benadryl on a regular basis, it's definitely at least seems to be linked with dementia.
And so now we basically, as physicians, change practices and saying, even if you need an antihistamine, try not to use something like a Benadryl or a hydroxyzine, the older ones.
Try to use the newer ones like Zyrtec, Claritin, Zyzol.
Yes.
And so if you have a histamine reaction, you can change your diet and you can also use antihistamines to help control it, but don't use Benadryl.
Is there something naturally you can do for that?
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