E4: MCAS & The Female Body with Dr. Tania Dempsey

A fascinating and informative conversation with integrative physician and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) expert, Dr. Tania Dempsey. Join me as we take a deep dive into this widely unknown and highly misunderstood disease, particularly the unique ways it impacts the female body. We start by defining MCAS in its most simplest terms, including its symptoms and the three categories of mast cell patients. Dr. Dempsey shares the percentage of the population affected by this illness and answers the question of whether it disproportionately impacts women. We also discuss the connection between hormones and MCAS, including the influence it has on female related health issues such as PMS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and endometriosis. I even have the chance to ask her opinion as a doctor on the medical misogyny that is rampant in our healthcare system and her suggestions on how patients can fight this sexism in their journey to find answers.