Just after people's thoughts

Yes, I do believe they are all linked and that family history can lead to weakened immune systems in future generations. My Grandpa had Psoriasis, my husbands Aunt had excema, my Dad had a skin condition, now my oldest daughter has excema, she got the shingles from the Chicken Pox vaccine at 10 and went blind in her right eye, my youngest  daughter had a horrible teaction to Meningitis vaccine and was ill for 9 weeks, my son was plagued with 1/2 dollar sized warts from kindergarten to 5th grade until they all went away ( with a poison ivy vaccine), I have had multiple rounds of mono, pneumonia, gallstones and kidney stones and now LS. I think it is all related and now I am encouraging my kids to watch what they eat, make sure their vitamins are balanced and live healthier lives. Maybe we are teying too hard to see connections where there aren’t any, but I don’t think so! 

Hi Tracey, my diet doesn't seem to affect me really. I don't take sugar, very little or no wheat and just drink plain water all day long due to recurring UTI's. I have only started suffering with anxiety since the LS. Excema runs in our family and my mother had Lichen Planus so theres definetly a family connection

Yep, I think there is a connection, a weakness if you like, in families.  LS is classed as a skin disease and it sounds like you have a lot of that going on in your family.

I developed psoraisis or eczema shortly after birth; doctors couldn't decide which.  I am 74, when I was 30 a british dr. working in Canada came out with research about GLA and essential fatty acids. The product developed is still on the market. I started taking an emulsified form and I believe to this day this is what cured the psoraisis.  However, about 7 years ago I was diagnosed with LS and GA (granuloma annulare).  In my late 20's a dr. who believed in massive doses of vitamins, supplements, etc. had my blood sent to some US lab and the diagnosis was collagen disease of the dermal type, a diagnosis to cover a multitude of issues. My paternal grandfather had skin rashes on which he put zinc ointment; my niece has psoraisis/eczema, a cousin lupus.  Hopefully someone amongst us can connect the dots.

In my family everyone except myself has several forms of arthritis and Lupus & Graves disease. I had tendency toward skin rashes like poison ivy, hives, shingles, supposedly herpes but it's now thought it was the LS. My worse flare that sent me back to my doctor occurred after extreme stress of family members who died, all in a short period of time. I cried everyday for over 2 years and then this hit. I think that stress kicked me into full blown flares LS, that deterioration happened all at once.