When mast cells misfire

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you

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get a raised itchy bump

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that's from histamine which is released

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from the mast cell

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my body does that when there's no

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trigger

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i can be sat in my room doing nothing

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nothing's changed and those cells just

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switch and release all those chemicals

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which send me into anaphylactic shock

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so just as somebody who had a nut

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allergy if they ate peanuts their throat

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would swell their tongue would swell

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they struggle to breathe because your

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airway's shutting and you feel like

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you're gonna suffocate to death and

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that is a real possibility with this

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condition there are some

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that are caused by triggers so i know

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things such as getting too hot or too

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cold can cause a reaction

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certain foods can be an issue strong

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smells

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strong emotions can be a trigger i'm

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literally allergic to everything

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corniche seemingly fitting

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training when i became unwell

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i still wanted to carry on i just wanted

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to adapt to it

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there can be a lot of contradicting

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points between having mass activation

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syndrome and

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gymnastics my diet is quite restricted

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i'm quite malnourished with iron and

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things like that

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sometimes the exercises can be really

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really hard but

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i enjoy building up my strength and

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seeing an improvement in myself

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unfortunately it takes me quite a lot

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longer than everybody else that's

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able-bodied