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Dilemma

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margaret289
margaret289

My 26 year old daughter has been suffering from a very itchy backside ofr quite a while.  She suffers from depression and anxietyand has mild aspergers.  I am concerned that she has inheritted LS, but I really do not want to take her aside and give her the details, because I know that she will be devastated.  If, as seems likely, she has inheritted this nuisance and it follows the same pattern as it did with me, it will ot become a major problem until the menopause.  The quiestion is how do I put it to her in a non-frightening way.  She has already been prescribed mildish steroid cream for the area involved, but as yet has no problem with the vulva etcetera.  Any advice would be gratefully received.

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    mary_58782 margaret289

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    Many GP's and even GYNO have little knowledge of LS. Many are seeing more people with it, but they still do not REALLY  know much about it.
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