Lichen Sclerosus Diet

Hi Jess. I agree with the diet and stress comment. It seems many women find these affect their condition. I read somewhere we are very prone to BV because bacteria love broken/damaged skin and of course we have that and the balance of bacterias in the vagina can easily be altered anyway, so it's extremely easy for us! My perineum area does not burn like you say but is the area which gets tight and difficult to have sex. I cannot help with giving any advice as I have not had it that the skin has gone particularly thin there. I have had it break near the opening of the vagina when attempting intercourse etc. but can only suggest dilators for that. Sorry I am not much help. Take care

Hi andi its Bacterial vaganosis

That's supposed to be interested in changing my diet !

Google Candida... I don't believe the steroids are causing you these problems,  I think it's too much sugar in your diet, sugar causes Candida, which in turn can give you vaginal and sometimes oral thrush, which then gives you a Lichen Sclerosis flare up.  I had a hard time accepting this to be true, some things you just don't want to accept... 

To add to the candida discussion; I had some yeast detected in my blood and I was told to take probiotic twice a day for a month to clear it. Sugar feeds candida so it's important to seriously restrict sugar and reduce carbs.

Hi guppy , I've heard that sugar can feed thrush also so after my first bout 4 weeks ago I cut out sugar , no sugar on cereal or any sweet things , the only sugars I might be eating may be in bread etc which is hard to find things that don't have sugar in , but really cut out a lot of sugar but I think I got thrush again a few days ago , it's hard to know because before I got ls and started the steroid I havnt had thrush in years , my doc told me the steroid leaves us more inclined to get thrush so you'd be gone mad trying to figure it all out and what to do right , thanks for the info going to try cut out all hidden sugars also

Hi sandra what form of prbiotics should we take and do you know can they be taken on a regular basis ?

He had a very expensive kind that I finished already and tossed the box. Sorry can't remember name. But he approved a kind I had at home because he was familiar with the company and has confidence in their products. Comes from TRUEHOPE and is called green bac probiotic supplement.

Oh ok so they are a tablet , wasn't sure if it was a drink or yogurt or something , thanks sandra

Yes they are tablets. And I think if you go to a health food store and ask for their best probiotic it should be helpful. The higher the count of strains of bacteria, the better, is my understanding.

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Unfortunately many Carbohydrates turn to sugar.   Last year I had a similar problem, but I had vaginal and oral thrush, and because of this I had a Lichen Sclerosus flare up, and Oral lichen planus flare up in my mouth, this was a bad situation, to be honest, as Systemic Candida can be a serious and difficult problem to eradicate, and is not something to be taken lightly, and so for a month I cut out everything that contained sugar whilst treating myself aggressively with an over the counter pill for thrush, which incidentally I took every three days, totalling three I think, I also had to take an oral mouthwash for the thrush.  After seriously tackling this problem full on, the thrush went, but I lost half a stone.   Taking a good probiotic is a good idea, but they are ridiculously expensive, and so why not try making your own probiotic drink, Water Kefir, which is actually better for you!! and once you have purchased the grains it costs nothing afterwards to make, and it's really delicious and this just might help stop re occurring problems.

Thanks guppy iv never heard of water kefir but il look it up , I know everyone is telling me iv got so thin lately , I havnt eaten anything sugary in a month and I can't afford to loose weight I'm already a size 6-8 , gosh il disappear if I give up carbohydrates , but I may have to consider it if I can't rid d the thrush , thanks

Thank you for all your comments. I will definitely be trying to cut out sugar - sounds like it is a definite affecting factor of LS. Thank you all again.