What's This Rash?

This article is going to incorporate a story in relation to my 11 year old son. It is an interesting story that I felt had an important message behind it.
Living in Melbourne we ventured like so many Victorians to the Melbourne Show. This is a great show that has something for everyone to enjoy. What the children were most interested in were the showbags. This is the first year my children have been to the show (living in Ireland there is nothing like the Show at all) so it was a great experience for them. Showbags were limited and one favourite was the XBox bag. Inside this bag was some LYNX Fever body wash as well as some other products used to entice our children, urging them to leave their childhood behind and become MEN!!

To those of you who know me, I was not impressed with these goodies. We use organic, gentle ingredients for not only what we put into our body but also cleaning products, shampoos etc. This is not very exciting for young boys. There are no MAN ads associated with Natural Products. As much as we are role models for our children, we also have to take a step back sometimes and let them discover things there own way and hope that they will make the right choices. My son knew how I felt about the LYNX products, but I let him try it out as a "treat". It took pride and place in the bathroom and we were all warned that it was his personal product (no chance of anyone else using this product in the bath!).

Move forward one week later and I hear a scream from the bathroom. I run in to see his torso covered in an ugly raised red rash. He also said how he could not stop scratching in class. He had a bath full of LYNX flavoured water but refused to believe it was the LYNX due to the fact that the rash was no where else and that he had been using it for a week with no other problems.

Next day I kept him home from school as I could not let him go while he had the rash. He stayed with me reading and watching TV for the day, while we both waited to see if a temperature would materialize to justify the rash. He was fine and the rash disappeared after a day or two. We were going to experiment with the LYNX again on the weekend. He wanted to prove me wrong while I wanted to prove to him that I was right. Two days later he put a small amount on the LYNX onto his hands, and we were both astonished at the results!! Rash on the torso within 30 minutes. We both agreed, LYNX was put into the bin!!

This scenario made me think of so many of my clients over the years. Coming to see me with  a constant rash that just seemed to come and go all the time. Steroid cream was always prescribed by the doctor but it kept coming back again. I would always ask what they were washing themselves with, or washing their clothes in, but would usually say the same thing that had always used and nothing new so it could not be the products.

If a rash develops it is one of two (or more) things.
1. A viral or bacterial infection
2. Our body is trying to get rid of a toxin it does not want in the system.

Perhaps this happens to everyone when they use such body washes. Over time we get used to the rash and decide that it is something that we will always have. I know for me, I always think, what could be causing this? Getting to the core of the issue, rather than just treating the symptoms. At least LYNX was half right with the name of FEVER on their product. Although in my son's case it created the rash without the fever!

To anyone that has a rash, itch, etc. Try and think twice before putting on a cream and see if maybe it is the body trying to say "WARNING TOXIC SUBSTANCE NEEDS REMOVING!"
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