Back in the winter of 1995, I stayed with locals while travelling in Northern Finland. Increasingly excited to learn more about my Finnish roots (Lepisto means “grove of Alder trees” in Finnish), I had been raised with sauna in my childhood home. The most memorable...
Healthcare providers and those suffering skin issues need to change diagnosing from WHAT you have to Why you have it. The patient suffering chronic skin symptoms already knows they have weird, odd, red, itchy, painful stuff on their skin. Differential diagnosis (A list of what the skin issue could be) needs to change from WHAT’s to WHY’s that are ruled in or ruled out through validated labs and imaging.
What Can You Do to Help Your Child? Myth: The only thing you can do as a parent is work to manage your child’s symptoms. As a naturopathic pediatrician, I see kiddos come in all the time who are suffering from eczema. They’re itchy, frustrated, and tired. They...