I recently found cow's milk dairy kefir resolved my child's 8 year long battle with severe constipation. However, since switching from store-bought to homemade she is complaining of painful skin. I've found 3 spots that have a rash and I am wondering if it is the dairy kefir? About a week into the store-bought, I did note some "dry skin" that looked similar on her arm, but it didn't bother her. This new rash hurts and burns. It seems to come on early evening and is gone by morning (I put CO on it). No other symptoms, but that she is finally regular and not in pain. I hate to stop it and go back to nasty laxatives, but is it a possible "die-off" like symptom? Has anyone else experienced something like this? It should be noted, I tapered her up over 2 weeks with the store bought to 8 oz. a day and then only started giving her homemade 3 days ago at 4 oz. a day. I knew the homemade would be more potent, so I cut the amount in half.
I gave her coconut water kefir this AM instead, but she barely drank any. I also tried coconut kefir that I made, but that was a no-go.
Any feedback would be appreciated