I started this blog in 2013 when I had just discovered the connection between histamine intolerance and menopause. It was a time when I suffered, among many other symptoms, with an invisible itch that made me scratch my arms until …
The menopause histamine connection
Explaining the link between itching, hot flashes, hormones, and menopause.
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The hateful itch was back
Tagged with: histamine intolerance, pruritus, pruritus menopause
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, Women's health
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, Women's health
This is not an abandoned blog!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I know I have a lot of teachers following and I’m sure they can relate when I say there is so much to do when you get close to closing school there is…
Tagged with: cat pruritus, histamine, histamine intolerance, hormonal imbalance, hormones, itching, Menopause, menopause symptoms, migraine, PMS, pruritus, teenagers pms
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, migraine, peri-menopause, Women's health
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, migraine, peri-menopause, Women's health
Why is the cat’s pruritus even relevant to this blog?
You might be questioning why I’m all of a sudden writing about my cat. After all, this is a blog about the menopause histamine connection. My male cat is certainly not menopausal. And other than being on my mind because…
Tagged with: acid forming, allergies, dha, epa, hormonal imbalance, itch, itching, Menopause, Omega 3, peri-menopause itch, prednisone, pruritus
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, omega 3, Women's health
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, omega 3, Women's health
Starting a food diary and taking notes
I think the thing that perplexes people when they first stumble upon histamine intolerance is where to get started. I posted a few months ago I think I’m histamine intolerant so what do I do now? as a little primer…
Tagged with: food diary, histamine intolerance, hives, hormones, inflammation, Menopause, menopause histamine, menopause itching, pruritus
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, peri-menopause, Women's health
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, peri-menopause, Women's health
Olive oil really could be key to healing histamine intolerance
I am writing a post about B vitamins and their relationship to inflammation, histamine intolerance, and hot flashes, but stopped to put this post up first. In my quest to understand the connection I believe exists between supporting the hypothalamus…
Tagged with: histamine intolerance, inflammation, itching, Menopause, Olive leaf extract, Olive oil, pruritus
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, olive oil, Women's health
Posted in histamine intolerance, menopause, olive oil, Women's health
On the off list…
…or is it off the on list? Whichever, my beloved cauliflower is on the no eat list again. I’ve been gradually adding back foods and getting a bit more adventurous with my selections, but I can see, even though I’d…
Tagged with: histamine intolerance, inflammation, itching, menopause itch, menopause symptoms, pruritus
Posted in Women's health
Posted in Women's health
Anger makes me itch!
We, the histamine intolerant, tend to think about mostly food and its relationship to our histamine levels…or at least I do. But I know stress and other outside elements can also trigger reactions. I was so angry about something today…
The hellish itch…
I realized the other day that I speak ad nauseam about itching, but never have really addressed directly what I’m talking about. Many people think itching is related to hives or some other visible skin condition like psoriasis or eczema,…
Tagged with: capiscan, histamine intolerance, invisible itch, itching, menopause itching, menopause symptoms, pruritus
Posted in Women's health
Posted in Women's health
Reflections on the last three months
It’s been about three months since I went to bed one night fine and woke up the next morning with histamine intolerance. I always figured I’d be done with it in about three months. I don’t know why. Maybe that’s how…
Tagged with: histamine intolerance, hormones, hot flashes, Menopause, Olive oil, pruritus
Posted in Women's health
Posted in Women's health
Olive oil, polyphenols, and healing
I am excited today because I feel like I might have stumbled on something. I’ve started using olive oil for my dry skin and have had great results with it. The skin on my legs is healing and substantially less…
Tagged with: healing olive oil, hives, itch, itching, Olive oil, polyphenols, pruritus
Posted in Women's health
Posted in Women's health
The menopause histamine connection 