Maribel Aber with your 2 red lines on the KPRC 2. Plus livestream. >> Unpredictable and unexplained symptoms like stomach issues, fatigue or rashes, could be signs of a rare disease. >> That you might have never heard of. And it might not even be on your radar called systemic Masto site hosts U.S. or s m for short and often haven’t made to
be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Here to talk about S M and how people experience it. Doctor Patricia Liu Gar and Christine, who lives with s M good morning to both of you. Thanks for being with us. >> Thanks for having us. Doctor will start first with you. Can you explain what
systemic Masto site hosts us systemic Masto site hosts us is and what are the symptoms exactly. >> systemic mass psychosis Sam for short is a condition where one of our immune cells called mast cells that are altered and they accumulate in different parts of our body. They believe chemicals that cause a whole host of send those the symptoms can be very wide ranging involving the skin with rashes and itching and hives. Sponsor don’t go away. She eye symptoms. It. >> Nausea and allergic reactions so severe that and a full access is by common.
>> Christine, what led to your >> Christine, what led to your SM diagnosis? >> Yes, well, I experienced and classes at a very young age. And shortly after that, I started having other symptoms such as it’s saying and diarrhea and fainting and then my late 20’s I started experiencing treatment on a full access that would send me to the ER. I always have on explained. Awesome or excuse drivers. We didn’t know why this was happening. I went to
allergist allergist searching allergist allergist searching for an answer. Didn’t get one. Eventually. I was sent to a larger facility and was diagnosed with as Sam. And that is why we’re working with blueprint medicines to raise awareness. >> Thank you, doctor. Really where can people get more
information if they if they’re information if they if they’re looking to find out exactly what the symptoms are, what they need to learn about this. >> Yeah, wonderful. Please visit its something dot com. It S S and T H I N G Dot com to learn more about this condition. >> Thank you both so much for joining us. Apologize for the short interview. We’re out of time. But we did invite folks
to go to click 2 Houston dot to go to click 2 Houston dot com and search the key words,