Histamine Symptoms

There’s a pattern I see again and again in clinic. A woman arrives having been through the usual process: GP appointments, blood tests, allergy testing. Results: all normal. She has a growing list of foods she no longer dares eat, and no clear explanation for the hives and itching that keep coming back. When I’m […]

Histamine intolerance is not a common cause of reflux, but in some people, particularly those with throat-dominant symptoms that worsen after meals, histamine may contribute to reflux-like symptoms. The evidence is limited, but a supervised low-histamine diet can be useful in selected cases. When histamine is more likely to be part of the picture Why

Yes! in some people with histamine intolerance, disrupted histamine signalling can be associated with constipation. Constipation is not the symptom most people associate with histamine. When histamine comes up online, it is usually blamed for diarrhoea, flushing, hives, headaches, or heart palpitations. So when someone with long-standing constipation starts wondering whether histamine intolerance could be