Recently developed itching help

My young daughter has recently developed severe itching all over her head. She scratches most of the day now but over night it is waking her and she cannot get back to sleep as it gets so bad. She now wants to shave her head (she has long hair) as it is distressing her so much. I think it is a symptom of both sensory overload and emotional stress and during the day we can try to distract her but at night it is causing so much distress and I don't know what we can do to soothe it. She washes her hair every 2-3 days and uses a mild shampoo and now one for itchy scalp but no change. I've checked for other possible causes but nothing else seems to be the cause. Any advice on methods others have used at night time to help an itchy scalp would be most appreciated as I'm not sure what to do at night to help. Thank you 

Parents
  • If her hair is long and quite full bodied, perhaps the weight of it pulling on the scalp might be a factor. Perhaps having the length shortened might help.Changing the pillow and pillow slips is also something to try.

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  • If her hair is long and quite full bodied, perhaps the weight of it pulling on the scalp might be a factor. Perhaps having the length shortened might help.Changing the pillow and pillow slips is also something to try.

Children
  • Thank you. Unfortunately her hair like mine is very fine and with no weight at all but she is keen to get it cut so perhaps taking a little off will help her anyway. We have thought about rotating the pillows so they don't become as warm, the cases we have repeatedly changed but the pillow itself we can certainly try.