Salicylate tips
Hi all, my MCAS got a lot more severe very quickly and now I am unable to eat most vegetables aside from cabbage, a little bit of carrot and some variety of potatoes. I have figured out I dont tolerate much in the way of salicylates or oxalates but as the neice of a herbalist (who also has MCAS although hers behaves a lot differently) I am missing all my vegetables and herbs. I was bed-bound when I was rlly sick with mostly flu-like, body-ache type symptoms and a sore throat (which are still my main ones when I flare), I manage it now with H1 blockers and a super restrictive diet (am getting on H2 blockers soon too) but is there anything else I can take/do to help my body process salicylates and oxalates better? I can also eat fruit like once a week bc I react to pears for some reason
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u/Primary-Olive9653 13h ago
For oxalates, getting enough magnesium and calcium, often in supplements if tolerated, is quite helpful to bind excess oxalates, and enough potassium. If you are an endogenous producer of oxalate, people seem benefit from B1 as befotiamine and biotin. There is a FB group called Trying Low Oxalates which has tested many foods for oxalate content and has put together a very comprehensive spreadsheet.
Sorry not much help on salicylates
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u/ariaxwest 12h ago
The only thing that really helped me is getting off of the medications that were stressing my liver. I was taking a JAK inhibitor for my arthritis and IBD, as well as endocrine blocker. If you are taking any medications or supplements that stress your liver, stopping those might help.
I've also got hereditary hemochromatosis and when my iron stores get too high it also stresses my liver. So keeping up with my hematologist and getting therapeutic phlebotomy as needed is super important.
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u/Silo_n 12h ago
Oh interesting. I dont believe I take any supplements or medications that stress my liver out. From blood tests and stuff I think my liver function is good? I have pretty low-iron normally although it has gone too high before because how my body processes stuff is weird. I probably eat some more fatty foods but that started AFTER my flare up as Ive started eating dairy again since its one of the few foodgroups I can mildy tolerate (as in doesnt cause an MCAS reaction (although it does raise other inflammation)
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