Causes of Lichen Sclerosus?
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What do you think caused your condition?
Any ideas, theories, inklings? A complete brainstorm opportunity....
4 likes, 122 replies
Posted , 33 users are following.
What do you think caused your condition?
Any ideas, theories, inklings? A complete brainstorm opportunity....
4 likes, 122 replies
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sha1271 marey
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Morrell1951 sha1271
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marey sha1271
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how might you have framed the question? thank you very much for your feedback ...what you're saying makes complete sense...did you experience a lessening of oestrogen? ... more vaginal dryness and skin coarseness among other things? And then LS. That is major sha I am so sorry.
marey Morrell1951
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sha1271 marey
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Was LS brought on by trauma, drop in estrogen, hypothyroid after that pregnancy(never tested) or combination? anyway my LS came on suddenly after second birth at age 31
marey sha1271
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so with you it could have been trauma or ligation. the point is that ligation or removal tends to affect the hormones associated with the organ over which the hormones exerted their influence.
sha1271 marey
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suzanne00 Morrell1951
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Morrell1951 suzanne00
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helena_castel sha1271
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I'm totally new to the group.
I see this post is 6 years old.
I had my tubes completely removed about 14 years ago as I had stage 4 endometriosis and they were just destroyed, hydrosalpinxed beyond recognition. My IVF doctor suggested removing them to reduce cytokines leaking into my uterus and lowering the odds my embroys taking. (Didn't work).
tomsbestfriend marey
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marey tomsbestfriend
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that sounds like me too ie....stress no1
tomsbestfriend marey
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sha1271 tomsbestfriend
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marey tomsbestfriend
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tomsbestfriend marey
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I wasn't diagnosed with LS until itching was unbearable at aged 69. Tubes were tied off when I was 30. But since I never examined myself, who knows if I developed LS some time ago.
marey tomsbestfriend
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if you did start to develop the condition slowly i wonder if there might have been any signs or change in architecture....are you holding up and itch under control now?
tomsbestfriend marey
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I no longer itch but still have the sore patches coming and going. Also it has travelled right up between my buttocks so it is a bit difficult passing motions and also above my anus cracks at times. I'm using clobetasol twice a week and have modified my use in the light of Dr Goldstein's recommendation of soak then rub in for 90 seconds.
I have started a 2 day fast today. I think, if it isn't too difficult, then I will do it at the start of every month for the next six months. This is because (roughly at the same time that LS came) I also developed erosive lichen planus of my mouth and obviously my body is a bit out of kilter with the autoimmune responses. I am hoping the fasting will go a bit towards resetting my autoimmune system. This is probably something I will start in another thread.
marey suzanne00
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suzanne00 marey
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g30rg313 sha1271
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marey g30rg313
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this does seem to be a strong indicator of a cause together with other young women pre-menopause who've had tubal ligation.
Are you bearing up ok and finding a way to get comfortable?
sha1271 g30rg313
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