Mast Cells (Allergies)

By Yamile Torres
We all get allergies when the seasons
change, but most of us can be allergic to the
littlest things like pollen or more bigger things
like food, and we all have very different
reactions to these allergens.
Mast cells are what determines what kind
of things you're allergic to and how your body
will react to them. Mast cells are important for
your body because they are also protectors
against any toxins or wounds you may have
kind of like white blood cells.
Mast cells are found in the skin or inside
the bone marrow and it also goes into all the
tissues of your body. During your allergies the
mast cells will give a inflammatory response
called hypersensitivity which gives you
symptoms or signals that you're having
allergies then you get your allergic reactions.
They will go throughout the connective
tissues of your body and also beneath the
surface of the skin, near your blood vessels,
lymphatic vessels, nerves, the respiratory
system, and lastly in the digestive and urinary
tracts.

In the coarse granules found around the

cytoplasm of the cell, mast cells consist of
distinct chemical mediators such as histamine,
interleukins, proteoglycans and different
enzymes.
The chemical mediators create a responses
of an allergic reaction, such as increased
amount of blood vessels like inflammation
and swelling that later then contracts the
smooth muscles like bronchial muscles, and
increased mucus production.
They will go throughout the connective
tissues of your body and also beneath the
surface of the skin, near your blood vessels,
lymphatic vessels, nerves, the respiratory
system, and lastly in the digestive and urinary
tracts.
In the coarse granules found around the
cytoplasm of the cell, mast cells consist of
distinct chemical mediators such as histamine,
interleukins, proteoglycans and different
enzymes.
The chemical mediators create a responses
of an allergic reaction, such as increased
amount of blood vessels like inflammation
and swelling that later then contracts the
smooth muscles like bronchial muscles, and
increased mucus production.