AGM 2019

We are holding our 2019 Annual General Meeting and Conference at the Hilton Manchester Airport Hotel on Saturday 25th January 2020. Our featured speaker will be Dr Frank Siebenhaar, a leading international expert on mast cells and who sees patients as an allergist/dermatologist.  Prof. Siebenhaar’s research focuses on the biology of mast cells and the pathophysiology of mast cell 

Ranitidine Recalls?

Many people with mast cell diseases will have been prescribed the H2 blocker, Ranitidine.  You may have seen that there are concerns about whether some ranitidine products contain a chemical called NDMA. NDMA has been shown to cause health problems in laboratory rats who have been given NDMA in large doses.  For this reasons, some 

Christopher’s Story

I have just turned 70. Urticaria Pigmentosa hit me 29 years ago – I do feel a bit of a fraud as so far I have had no really bad effects, as far as I know. All my body – except my face – is reasonably heavily spotted. I do get tired – but cannot