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Which mast cell stabilizer would help my multiple allergies?

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Published At January 19, 2018
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Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

I am a 23-year-old. I have got a lot many allergies. Actually, allergies are from almost everything. 15 to 16, to be precise; I have attached reports of my prick test. I get stomach problems, hyperacidity, indigestion, hives (urticaria), sinus, breathing problems, and my eyelids and a part below that stays swollen almost all year round. My weight fluctuates a lot. There is a difference of 1 to 2 kg somedays in the morning and evening measurements. Things stay under control when I take about two antihistamines a day, 2500+ mg of Vitamin C, and occasionally vitamin D; management is difficult. I have tried diet changes and everything. Bromelain helps too. I also have anxiety issues, for which having 25 ml rum every night helps me and stops me from getting so frustrated that I stop everything.

I am allergic to ghee, neem, wheat, dust, paper dust, cats, mouse, fish, chicken, milk, milk products, and a few more insignificant things that I cannot recall at the moment. Immunotherapy will not work; that is what my last doctor said, and well, to be honest, it was so expensive I could not have gone for it anyway. Please give me something, so I can reduce the number of medicines I take. I was actually looking for a mast cell stabilizer that brought me here.

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

Cromolyn (Cromoglicic acid) is a mast cell stabilizer. Sodium cromoglycate is the chemical name for it. You must try allergen avoidance. That seems to be the only way. Allergy to so many substances will make immunotherapy very difficult. The success of avoidance depends on how strictly you follow it. It will be very cumbersome initially, but you will learn to avoid the offending stuff over time.

Although regarded as less predictive than a skin prick test, blood allergy testing may be useful in you in reducing positive allergen detection. If we can pinpoint fewer allergens, then avoidance becomes easy. Blood allergy testing or specific IgE testing is called immunoCAP.

Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

Thank you very much.

I will get my allergy test done by the end of this weekend. Could you please tell me the name of a drug that I can find here which has this Cromolyn I was not able to find one.

Hello,

Welcome back to icliniq.com.

Cromal 2 % and 4 % are available in the form of an ophthalmic solution. It can be taken for topical nasal application. Nasal Crom and Alairgix are nasal formulations.

Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!

Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N
Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N

Otolaryngology (E.N.T)

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