Resources from the Primary Care Guide
This page brings together the resources, tools and further reading referenced throughout Mast Cell Action’s Primary Care Guide.
It is designed to give healthcare professionals quick access to the information referenced in the Guide, including resources on recognising and managing MCAS, triggers and symptom tracking, diagnosis and testing, medical management, anaphylaxis, co-existing conditions and patient support.
You will also find practical resources that can be shared directly with patients, alongside links to further information, support services, research and professional resources.
Use the sections below to find resources by the corresponding section or page of the Primary Care Guide.
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P4: Recognising & Managing MCAS Overview
- Provide Personalised Management Plan
- Brief Guide to MCAS
- Self-management Toolkit
- CAMRare passports
- Mast Cell Action Services
- Mast Cell Action Resources
- Mast Cell Action Support
- Flowchart for recognising and managing MCAS
P6: MCAS Triggers
P8 & P14: Case Studies
P10: Diagnosis and Testing
- MCAS Testing for Healthcare Professionals
- Risk of solid cancer in patients with mast cell activation syndrome - National Library of Medicine
P11: Co-Existing Conditions/Comorbidities
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS)
- Hypermobility syndromes
- Marfan syndrome
- Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS)
- Long COVID
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)
- The Overlapping Illness Alliance
P12: Managing MCAS in Primary Care
P13: Medical Management
P16: Anaphylaxis in MCAS
- Characterization of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome - National library of Medicine
- Epi-pen Prescribing In Brief, Adults
- Epi-pen Prescribing In Brief, Children
- BSACI Allergy Action Plan
P17: FAQs
P20: Signposting
- MCAS Triggers
- MCAS Symptoms
- Managing MCAS
- MCAS Stories
- Mast Cell Action’s online events for patients and loved ones
- Support and Resources
- Information for Carers and Loved-Ones
- Support Services
- Resources
- Symptom Log
- HCP Resources
- Testing
- Children with MCAS
- MCAS Bibliography and Research Papers
- Quick Guide to MCAS for Patients
- Dietary Advice for MCAS
- Dietitians for MCAS
- YouTube
- Podcast ‘Let’s Talk MCAS’ on Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts
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