189: How To Deal With Histamine Issues In Kids w/ Dr. Sheila Kilbane

The Healthy Skin Show

When we think of histamine issues, most of us think of the usual symptoms (e.g. runny nose, congestion, itchy eyes). But did you know that high histamine can also cause behavioral issues and skin rashes, particularly in children?

My guest today is Dr. Sheila Kilbane. She is a board-certified pediatrician who trained with Andrew Weil, MD in integrative medicine.

She works with families to find the root cause of illness and uses natural and nutritional therapies whenever possible. Her mission is to transform pediatric healthcare globally in order to get 1 million kids off of meds they may not need.

Dr. Kilbane sees patients at her clinic in Charlotte, NC and helps people all over the world through her online education courses. She is the author of Amazon bestseller Healthy Kids, Happy Moms: A Step-by-Step Guide to Improving Many Common Childhood Illnesses.

Join us as we talk about histamine issues in children, and different ways to safely manage it.

Have you dealt with histamine issues in children before? Tell me about it in the comments!

In this episode:

• What is histamine?
• Different ways histamine issues show up in children
• Histamine overload triggers in kids
• Dr. Kilbane's approach to assessing children
• Considerations for long-term use of Benadryl
• Thoughts on blood panels for kids

Quotes

“We always think of histamines as causing runny nose, congestion. It's an inflammatory compound in the body that can be triggered by allergies. Environmental allergies, whether it's pollen or dust mites, that sort of thing, but histamines, they can create a wide variety of symptoms.” [1:18]

“We need a wide variety of foods, we get different nutrients from different foods. I see a lot of families who have taken so many foods out, but their kids are still struggling. Those are the cases where we go, 'Okay, could this be an issue of excess histamine, and let's figure out other triggers'.” [9:40]

Links

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Dr. Kilbane's online course

FREE download: 10 Tips to Use Food as Your Pharmacy

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