Is cradle cap related to allergies

[rileyscoutmom]

or just its own thing? I can't get it to go away on dd.

Karen

[kjbrown92]

My DD2's cradle cap went away after we got her off her triggers...

[PlayaMama]

i've heard the theory before but both my kids had cradle cap and neither have any allergies to speak of.

[Shelsi]

I think it can go either way. If there are no other symptoms I'd be inclined to say not to worry about it. My ds had it for a long time, probably about 2-2.5 years and he has no allergies/intolerances. OTOH, dd never had it and she's chock full of allergies.

[Chinese Pistache]

I agree with Shelsi.

In our case, only one of my kids had cc and when we figured out his trigger, it went away.

[tanyalynn]

For my daughter it was an early indication of her imbalanced gut. She didn't have it as an infant, it showed up when she was just a bit shy of 2 and things were really stressful (to this day, her gut gets yeasty when she's stressed). Her digestion got better when we took out gluten, but it still needs help. I've read the more direct connection is biotin, and somehow the gut imbalance depletes biotin, it's not that the child isn't consuming normal amounts.

[FireWithin]

My son's cc still comes inching back when we are not consuming enough fermented foods. Water kefir helped a lot. I think these foods helpfullness were related to biotin.

[thepeach80]

I think kids w/ allergies/intolerances are more prone to it b/c iirc it's a form of eczema in a way. The boys had it pretty bad and had little patches till they were 2 or so, you just couldn't see it. Olivia had it for a few wks and now her head looks great! I still feel like I'm missing something though w/ her, but I am eliminating more earlier w/ her than I did w/ the others so maybe that's why her head looks better than theirs did?

[Theloose]

My research said it's an imbalance in EFAs:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8496460

EFAs are used to make prostaglandins, which regulate your inflammatory response.
http://westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/tripping.html
http://mothering.com/discussions/sho....php?t=1081008

B6 and biotin are used to convert between EFAs
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.co...al-Report.html

so it looks to me like it could be caused by biotin deficiency, B6 deficiency, EFA deficiency, OR allergies, creating an inflammatory response and thereby increasing your demand for EFAs.

yet I still haven't gotted dd's to go away :

[mamafish9]

EFAs fixed it up for both my kids.

[FireWithin]

I didn't know about the EFA part. (fingers crossed about the soy in our Nordic naturals.)

[tinyblackdot]

wash your LOs hair everyday, and use olive oil before you wah it to get the flakes out with.

[hae703]

I hadn't thought about it until we saw an allergist last month who made a comment about it. DS doesn't have it really bad, but he has a spot on his head and a spot next to his eyebrow that just never 100% clears up. The doctor seemed to think it was related.