Mast Cell Activation Syndrome with Clinician and Researcher Dr. Lawrence Afrin
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
4.5 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2017
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
This was a fantastic discussion with clinician and researcher in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Dr. Lawrence Afrin. MCAS is something to consider when you haven’t responded to anything else: diet, lifestyle, gut treatments, thyroid…. And, here is the kicker… it doesn’t require extensive lab testing nor expensive treatments for many cases.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dr. Rucho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine. |
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| 0:22.5 | that's d r r u s cio dot com the following discussion is for educational purposes only and is |
| 0:30.3 | not intended to diagnose or treat any disease please do not apply any of this information without |
| 0:35.6 | first speaking with your doctor now let's head to the show. |
| 0:39.3 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:40.2 | Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio. |
| 0:41.3 | This is Dr. Rousho today. |
| 0:42.4 | I am here with Dr. Lawrence Affarin, and I'm very excited to discuss mass cell activation disorder |
| 0:48.4 | and or histamine intolerance and kind of pick into some of these specifics and where |
| 0:53.0 | we draw the line between the two and how we can diagnose, how we can treat, and really delve into this gentleman's |
| 0:58.9 | brain who has quite a bit of expertise in that area. |
| 1:02.1 | So Lawrence, thank you so much for being on the show. |
| 1:04.4 | Oh, thanks, Michael. |
| 1:05.6 | Larry, please. |
| 1:06.6 | All right, Larry. |
| 1:07.6 | Can you give people kind of the brief synopsis on your background and |
| 1:12.7 | your current involvement with mass cell disorders? |
| 1:15.9 | Sure. My undergraduate was computer science and then did all my medical training, school, |
| 1:23.8 | and internal medicine residency and clinical and research, hematology, oncology |
| 1:29.6 | fellowships, all at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, then went on faculty |
| 1:36.4 | there for nearly 20 years, spent the last three years at the University of Minnesota, |
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