Find Out What's Causing your Histamine Intolerance with these Essential Tests
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Published 2024-02-07
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Histamine intolerance, a condition affecting many, can often present a diagnostic challenge. Patients with histamine intolerance may experience a range of symptoms, from gastrointestinal issues to skin reactions. However, diagnosing this condition isn't straightforward, as there's no definitive test.
Common symptoms such as diarrhoea, headaches, and hives can all point to histamine intolerance, but confirming it requires a nuanced approach including investigating potential underlying causes such as microbiome imbalances, mast cell issues, nutrient deficiencies, and genetic SNPs. Advanced tests like stool analysis and organic acid tests can provide valuable insights into gut health and nutrient status.
For example, abnormalities in enzymes related to histamine metabolism, due to genetic variations or nutrient deficiencies, can contribute to histamine intolerance. Understanding these factors helps tailor treatment approaches, including dietary modifications and targeted supplementation.
While genetic testing can offer valuable insights, functional tests like organic acid testing provide more actionable data. By addressing underlying imbalances and deficiencies, patients can often find relief from histamine intolerance symptoms.
In Australia, accessible tests like the Complete Microbiome Mapping from Microba and GI Effects from Genova Diagnostics provide comprehensive evaluations of gut health.
Histamine intolerance can pose diagnostic challenges, a proper assessment that considers various factors can lead to effective management strategies and clinical success!
All Comments (21)
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Oh my days, right on time. I have literally been praying for some information about histamine intolerance this week! Thank you so much for this in depth explanation 🙏
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Excellent presentation about Histamine issues. I have been trying to get to the bottom of my histamine issues.
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I wish I could work with you. I’m in the US and struggling so badly. Do you know of any herbalists in the US that you would recommend? I saw on your website that you can’t take international patients
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Good timing. I was despairing. Thanks so much for this!
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Thanks Todd, as always above and beyond with your clear explanations! Understanding root causes is key. Very grateful to be in Australia to receive the benefits of your wisdom!
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Boy was this was tremendously helpful. My naturopath had these charts but didn't explain any of it. Thank you!
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Great video, as always. You’re one of the only people on the major platforms who actually talks in a nuanced way about root causes for this condition/syndrome. The only other ones I know about are Nasjree Nambudripad and Nicole Dinezza. Piecing all this info together can potentially tremendously help people, although I also believe people should be guided through this with the help of someone who has clinical experience. That’s why I find it unfortunate that you don’t take international patients. But nonetheless, thanks for sharing this video.
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I'm 71, have been through all the experts, constant colon issues, how to I have an appointment with you. You are the first person I have seen who is thinking what I have been trying to convince my doctors of and I am constantly ignored and put on ssri, which I have always refused.
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Can you please tell us what treatments are used for mold ?
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Brilliant explanation, thank you!
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Excellent video!
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Excellent! Thank you for the excellent level of detail 👌👌👌
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Thank you for your time and input on this complex issue Todd. There are so many areas that can contribute, and trying to figure out the root cause can be overwhelming. I had an op 6 months ago which involved a course of antibiotics and am now feeling the after effects which has resulted in elevated strains of Candida. Even though I took probiotics. Now I have raised histamine issues after eating. Especially foods on the no list. Also hives for the first time. Am taking a lot of the supps recommended, good diet, detoxing metals etc. Occasionally I take an antihistamine just to calm the flare but try to resist relying on these. Do you know what the H2 blocker antihistamines in Australia are? With appreciation 🙏
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Wow!! Super, super helpful video. Thank you for parsing out the various categories of each possible histamine intolerance driver. I am going to use this information when I meet with my functional medicine team tomorrow to figure out my testing options. Here recently, I have experienced some major histamine intolerance relief from: 1) being (temporarily) on low histamine diet and 2) using the Seeking Health Histamine Digest dietary supplement. Life saver! 🎯🎯🎯 Thank you for this incredibly well researched information. You are a GEM! 💕💕By God's grace, I hope to get to the bottom of this gut microbiome/GI/dysbiosis road block. Goodness, it's been a rollercoaster! ♥🙏
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If you have IgE to grass pollens and have hayfever symptoms, is that linked to a histamine intolerance? You mentioned IgE at the start of the video, but I wasn't sure if you mean it is connected with a histamine intolerance. I am wondering how I could help my severe hayfever symptoms from grass pollen, with a high IgE to grass pollen, as in how to address the cause of it, rather than manage the symptoms.
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How about estradiol replacement improving histamine rash and itchy throat mouth and eyes ? Si there a connection with HI and menopause
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Do you take on international clients? I haven’t found a practitioner that has enough knowledge about MCAS/histamines
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In 2019 I had a saliva test for histamine intolerance. Also, came back saying histamines were highest in the middle of the night.
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Why is it required to go to such lengths to diagnose the root cause? Do you not employ broadly the same treatment regardless anyway? Once histamine has been identified as the issue that is.
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What about HRT driving histamine intolerance? There seems to be an estrogen connection...
