Poison Ivy and Mosquito Bites Alleviate Tics?

[Karen Campo]

Hi-

 

This may sound strange but has anyone ever noticed their child's tics less when s/he has poison ivy or mosquito bites. My son was having very bad tics and then got a bad case of poison ivy. His tics subsided considerably. When the poison ivy cleared the tics resurfaced. He then got chewed up by mosquitos and the tics lessened again. I wonder if these conditions either increase the histimine level in the entire body including the brain and therefore help alleviate the tics or whether the focus on the itching of the ivy or the bites takes away the urges to tic. I know this is a novel concept but I would be interested to see if anyone else ever encounters this over the summer. Thanks, Karen

[patty]

Interesting. One possible explanation is that according to homeopathic principal is that one's illness presents one state at a time. For example, since your child has a chronic tic issue and the acute (poison ivy) illness is stronger than the chronic state, than the acute will presents its symptoms while the chronic becomes dormant. When the acute resolves, than the chronic resurfaces again.

 

Pat

[mar]

Hi-

 

This may sound strange but has anyone ever noticed their child's tics less when s/he has poison ivy or mosquito bites. My son was having very bad tics and then got a bad case of poison ivy. His tics subsided considerably. When the poison ivy cleared the tics resurfaced. He then got chewed up by mosquitos and the tics lessened again. I wonder if these conditions either increase the histimine level in the entire body including the brain and therefore help alleviate the tics or whether the focus on the itching of the ivy or the bites takes away the urges to tic. I know this is a novel concept but I would be interested to see if anyone else ever encounters this over the summer. Thanks, Karen

 

 

Thats interesting. My son never had poison ivy. Last summer he did have crazy reactions to mosquito bites (major swelling where he got bit) never had it before and has not gotten it this year with a bite. But anyway, when he comes down with something his tics and OCD go away until he starts feeling better.

 

Mar

[Megs_Mom]

Did you give any medication for the poison ivy? Oddly, we learned that our daughter had PANDAS when she got poison ivy last June - we gave her benadryl and prednisone for a poison ivy episode that swelled her face up, and while on the medication, the severe OCD (no tics) nearly vanished. It was the wierdest week ever - the OCD came roaring back afterwards - but it did make us realize that her neurological issues were inflamation based. This may not be the case for you, but thought I'd share the story. We actually sort of like poison ivy now - it was a lifesaver for us .

[Karen Campo]

Hi- no we gave absolutely no medication for the poison ivy or the bites. Just a little anti- itch cream a few times. I do remember giving him some motrin once and his tics alleviating a little bit. I am just curious about this b/c I wonder if it is the increase of histamine that helps (which would kind of correlate to the low histamine study) or the fact that the poison ivy and bites has a stronger sensation than the tics so the focus goes to the itch not the tic. Who knows. kc