Resources for adults
Managing MCAS At Christmas
The festive season can be joyful, but for those living with MCAS, it can also bring extra challenges - new foods, busy gatherings, extra stress and exposure to different things. This guide offers practical ideas to help you plan ahead, look after yourself, and enjoy the parts of Christmas that feel right for you.
Quick Guide to MCAS for Loved-Ones
MCAS is a complex condition and can be hard for our loved-ones to understand. However, their support is crucial for us to be able to manage our condition well. This handy Quick Guide to MCAS is designed to help your loved-one understand MCAS and begin to learn how they can help you. Share this with your loved-ones, so that they can easily understand what MCAS is.
DID YOU KNOW.... What is MCAS?
This poster provides brief facts about MCAS. These are great for sending to friends and family to help them understand or for taking to medical appointments.
DID YOU KNOW.... What can trigger MCAS symptoms?
This poster provides brief facts around Triggers and MCAS. These are great for sending to friends and family to help them understand or for taking to medical appointments.
DID YOU KNOW.... Fragrances can make people ill
This poster provides brief facts around fragrances and MCAS. These are great for sending to friends and family to help them understand or for taking to medical appointments.
DID YOU KNOW.... Managing MCAS
This poster provides brief facts around managing MCAS. These are great for sending to friends and family to help them understand or for taking to medical appointments.
A brief guide to MCAS
A handy 2 page brief guide to MCAS. An easy to read and understand overview of mast cells, MCAS symptoms, triggers, management, treatment and the histamine bucket theory.
Nourishing Health and Happiness with MCAS
We have worked with registered dietitian, Chloe Hall, to explore some of the most common diets followed by people with MCAS, and the key nutritional concerns that often arise. In this resource, we’ll look at practical ways to support your diet when living with MCAS.
Speaking to Your GP: Language and Tips for Effective Communication
This guide has been created to help you communicate more confidently and effectively with your GP. It offers practical language suggestions that can help you explain your symptoms, request support, and build a more collaborative relationship, whether you have a confirmed diagnosis or are still seeking answers.
Navigating Diagnosis: Support and Guidance for the MCAS Community
This guide is designed to support individuals in the MCAS community who are navigating the challenges of seeking a diagnosis.
Gratitude Handout
Use this journal however feels right for you. There’s no pressure to write every day or find something profound. Some days, it might be a kind word from a friend, a moment of peace, or simply managing to eat a safe meal. These moments matter. You matter.
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome - A Primary Care Guide
A primary care guide to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. It outlines common triggers, diagnostic criteria, and key symptom patterns affecting various body systems, helping clinicians recognise and differentiate MCAS from other conditions.
Understanding MCD by Roselle P. O'Brien LMHC
A 'Not-Just-For-Therapists' Guide....." This is written as a guide for therapist’s to help them understand Long Covid, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Mast Cell Disorders (MCD), Chemical Sensitivities and Environmental Illness. However, it is not just for therapists, and others may also find it very useful.
Triggers
This resource details some of the more common triggers of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
Symptoms of MCAS
This resource details some of the more common symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
MCAS Testing
This leaflet documents some of the tests that may be used to diagnose MCAS and explains how to read the results.
Reasonable adjustments in the workplace full pack
This is our full pack with multiple resources to support requesting reasonable adjustments in the workplace with MCAS.
Understanding your rights and advocating for yourself in the workplace - a guide for people with MCAS
This guide helps you to understand your rights and the support that could be put into place in your workplace to help you.
MCAS for employers
This guide for employers explains MCAS and the support that could be put into place in the workplace for those with MCAS.
An MCAS-friendly workplace - cheat sheet
This cheat sheet has top tips that might be helpful when creating an MCAS-friendly work place.
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