Forum Topic: PUPPP (Pregnancy Itch)

I know what PUPPP feels like from first hand experience. Before I go further, I wanted to break down the crazy name that it has been given: Pruritic (severe itching) urticarial (hives) papules (a circumscribed, solid elevation of skin with no visible fluid) and plaques (a flat, often raised patch on the skin) of pregnancy (PUPPP). It would seem that PUPPP is an allergic reaction, or an excess of histamine in the body. Histamine dilates blood vessels and makes the vessel walls abnormally permeable. What is it that is permeating the blood vessels to continue the irritation?

From what I can gather, it is possible that it is bile and toxins from a weakened liver; my Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist also confirmed this to me.

So what do we do?

My first suggestion is to strengthen the Adrenal System in hopes that they might be able to minimize any excess histamine in the body.

My next suggestion is to strengthen the Liver and the Kidneys, which are our "housekeeping" organs or, our "purifiers."

Which Means: WATER! WATER! WATER! To cleanse and flush, a high quality prenatal vitamin, Extra Vitamin B's (I recommend a sublingual complex), Fish Oil or an Omega 3 supplement taken regularly to aid the Adrenal System in their duty. Also, to decrease the amount of histamine in the body vitamin C is recommended as well as a high quality antioxidant supplement.

Milk Thistle and Dandelion Root will aid the Liver and Kidneys, and Cayenne will enhance these herbs abilities as well as aid the circulatory system and the metabolism of fats in the liver.