Dr. Elizabeth Boham

Right. So it's a balance. Like, you know, too much histamine is bad. Too little histamine is also bad. So when you actually totally block histamine, you actually get sleepy. It'll actually be involved with the sleep-wake cycle. And modafinil, which is the drug that people take, that actually works on histamine. It's Pro-vigil. Pro-vigil, exactly. Actually, part of that works on the histamine.

So it keeps the histamine levels higher, so it keeps your brain sort of awake, if you will.

So it keeps the histamine levels higher, so it keeps your brain sort of awake, if you will.

So it keeps the histamine levels higher, so it keeps your brain sort of awake, if you will.

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

And that's actually a poor man's way. I oftentimes will use that with patients to determine how much histamine they're having in the connective tissue, because the mast cells are the type of white blood cells that are in the connective tissue of the body. And when they have excess amounts of histamine in them, or they release histamine too easily,

And that's actually a poor man's way. I oftentimes will use that with patients to determine how much histamine they're having in the connective tissue, because the mast cells are the type of white blood cells that are in the connective tissue of the body. And when they have excess amounts of histamine in them, or they release histamine too easily,

And that's actually a poor man's way. I oftentimes will use that with patients to determine how much histamine they're having in the connective tissue, because the mast cells are the type of white blood cells that are in the connective tissue of the body. And when they have excess amounts of histamine in them, or they release histamine too easily,

you will get this thing called dermatographism where you can take your finger and stroke on the skin and you will form a red line and it'll stay there. And sometimes it'll get really welty and raised. And that will tell you that there is a problem with excess amounts of histamine in the body.

you will get this thing called dermatographism where you can take your finger and stroke on the skin and you will form a red line and it'll stay there. And sometimes it'll get really welty and raised. And that will tell you that there is a problem with excess amounts of histamine in the body.

you will get this thing called dermatographism where you can take your finger and stroke on the skin and you will form a red line and it'll stay there. And sometimes it'll get really welty and raised. And that will tell you that there is a problem with excess amounts of histamine in the body.

Yeah. And there's a term out now, which when I was in medical school, we didn't even have it. It's now called MCAS, Mass Cell Activation Syndrome. Like it's a real medical diagnosis. It's a real medical diagnosis. I mean, we're seeing a lot of it now. And the question is, is why are we seeing so much mast cell activation? Hmm. It's a it's a really it's a and I've been puzzling on this myself.

Yeah. And there's a term out now, which when I was in medical school, we didn't even have it. It's now called MCAS, Mass Cell Activation Syndrome. Like it's a real medical diagnosis. It's a real medical diagnosis. I mean, we're seeing a lot of it now. And the question is, is why are we seeing so much mast cell activation? Hmm. It's a it's a really it's a and I've been puzzling on this myself.

Yeah. And there's a term out now, which when I was in medical school, we didn't even have it. It's now called MCAS, Mass Cell Activation Syndrome. Like it's a real medical diagnosis. It's a real medical diagnosis. I mean, we're seeing a lot of it now. And the question is, is why are we seeing so much mast cell activation? Hmm. It's a it's a really it's a and I've been puzzling on this myself.

Yeah, I never took that class in med school. I know. Right. Exactly.

Yeah, I never took that class in med school. I know. Right. Exactly.

Yeah, I never took that class in med school. I know. Right. Exactly.

We're seeing a lot of it. And it's not like there's one cause for mast cell activation. There are multiple causes. And I actually even, when I deep dived into the literature, one of the things that I stumbled upon was the effects of EMF on mast cells. EMF EMF is electromagnetic frequency. So like your cell phone background cell towers, Wi-Fi. Absolutely. Absolutely.