Can someone help me figure out why my skin is itching so badly? I remember itching at the end of pregnancy on my belly mostly before but this is getting to be all over.
Could I be more sensitive to perfumes or chemicals on my clothing that didn't bother me before? Has that happened to anyone?
I don't think it's dry skin, we live in a humid climate and the salves I am using (w/comfrey, calendula, plantain, grape seed or olive oil, dead sea salt) do not seem to help.
I don't know about a candida issue, it's possible, but the itching has only been around for a few weeks and my diet has not changed much. I am going to get back on the probiotics with more kombucha (brewing now) and make some more yogurt. Plus my salve has dead sea salt in it and it doesn't seem to help.
Could it be from all the vitamins I am taking? My midwife had me taking 2 Supermoms a day, plus alfalfa/red rasp./oatstraw/nettle tea - with about 2 cups of herb in the tea every day, and I've been fighting off a cold so I've been getting lots of vitamin C, elderberry tincture, and some ginger, garlic, & sage. I am starting to take cod liver oil and I think I will cut out the Supermoms till I know what's going on.
I don't have a rash, mostly having problems on the upper part of my belly where the shirt hits and my chest. My legs itch from varicose veins anyway. My arms itch but not overwhelmingly.
Thanks, I hope someone has some ideas!