So what does this look like? And is it part of your EMF sensitivity?
Here’s a lot of education tying this together
(you may want to print this out later).
Mast cells are “allergy” cells responsible for allergic reactions, and once their activation has been triggered, they release histamine into the bloodstream.
Histamine, in
turn, makes the blood vessels expand and the surrounding skin itchy and swollen. It can also create a build-up of mucus in the airways, which become narrower.
Mast cells contain ‘granules’, and when exposed to man-made electromagnetic fields (like cell phone radiation, Wi-Fi, the electrical wiring in your walls and homes, your car, smart meters, etc., etc.), this
can cause them to “leak” their contents into your tissues - the result can be itching, headaches, heart complications, depending on where the tissues are located.
Studies show that EMFs appear to increase both the size and quantity of mast cells, the migration and infiltration of mast cells, and the rate of degranulation of mast
cells in electro-hypersensitivity patients.
The research supports that EMF exposure triggers a classic mast cell response in the skin and other tissues, which can, in turn, trigger a cascade of inflammatory events in the body as mast cells create a plethora of chemical mediators.
In fact, it is possible that patients who were labeled “electro-hypersensitive” in the early 2000’s are in essence patients who would now be clinically diagnosed with MCAS (triggered by EMFs).
This research indicates that such patients are more susceptible to the harmful effects
of EMFs, and it’s possible that the increased number and/or reactivity of mast cells is to blame for increased symptoms following exposure.
The unnatural environmental trigger of EMFs can cause system-wide symptoms and alterations in the immune system function.
Specifically, the study we found* noted that “EMFs disturb immune function through stimulation of various allergic and inflammatory responses, as well as effects on tissue repair processes.”
Another study says this: “Mast cells (MCs), when activated, release a spectrum of mediators, among them
histamine, which is involved in a variety of biological effects with clinical relevance, e.g. allergic hypersensitivity, itch, edema, local erythema and many types of dermatoses. From the results of recent studies, it is clear that EMFs affect the MC, and also the dendritic cell population and may degranulate these cells.”
