If your child can’t sleep because of their itchy rashes, it’s not just because there’s nothing else to focus on while lying there.
Changes happen in the body at night that can make itch worse, including:
👉Skin gets leakier
👉Skin gets drier
👉Blood vessels dilate and constrict more, which increases histamine
👉Immune cytokines (other than histamine) are more active at night, increasing immune responses, including those that trigger itch symptoms
What you can do about it:
👉Take an antihistamine before bed. There are natural options, too, like quercetin, vitamin c, and immunoglobulins.
👉Moisturize before bed
👉Try a therapeutic massage with that moisturizer! It’s a great bonding strategy, and it’s relaxing.
Is your child itchier at night? LMK👇️
For some tips that can help, get my free guide, Ditch the Itch!
Foods that cause leaky gut
If you have a kid dealing with chronic skin rashes, you’re probably concerned about their gut health, too, because, if you’re here, you already know about the skin-gut connection.
I get asked VERY often about foods that actually cause leaky gut. If you're wondering too, here's what foods actually do contribute to the problem (and there’s research on this, my friends):
👉Gluten
👉Food additives like:
🛑 Sugar
🛑 Salt
🛑 Emulsifiers (added to processed baked goods, dairy, mayonnaise, sauces, ice cream, margarine, convenience foods)
🛑 Organic solvents (used to make edible oils like soy oil and are additives like stabilizers, preservatives, and flavorings)
🛑 Microbial transglutaminase (in baked goods and conventionally raised/produced meat, fish, and dairy for texture, appearance, hardness, preservability, and elasticity)
🛑 Nanoparticles (used to improve taste, color, uniformity, and texture of foods, used in food packaging, or to kill bacteria [silver nanoparticles])
Notice how junk in processed and conventionally prepared products is on this list. These things aren't actually food🤔?!
This doesn't mean your kid can't or shouldn't indulge. It does mean that these so called foods shouldn't be dietary staples.
A way to avoid these is to eat a whole, real-food diet rich in fresh vegetables (non-starchy and starchy) and fruits, herbs and spices, quality protein (grass-fed, free-range, pastured, organic, wild-caught), healthy fats, and whole/unprocessed gluten-free grains.
Avoid any sort of packaged foods whenever possible!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568997215000245