Link between post traumatic stress disorder and auto immune diseases + L S
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Hi all - been to dermy today and not good news. LS spreading front to back and vaginal + urinary tracts causing a problem. I have now been taken off clob and put on 2 weeks of ciclosporin in order to reduce inflammation before I see a gyny. The dermy said that the gyny would not take action when I am so inflamed. The latter would probably go down the dilator route but the dermy said not to rule out surgery in the long run. My question is that I was caught up in the tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka in a big way and I was saved by a local - thank goodness. However, the shock to my system was massive and so does anybody know if there is a link between PTSD and auto immune diseases such as LS? I also have Barrat's oesophagus which is another auto immune disease and this could also be traced back some way. Any ideas folks? Thank you for reading thus far - not feeling good today.
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melissa0 Barking
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I know a lot of women on here believe there is a link with stress and sugar so I am going to say yes. I am sure the stress of the situation added to the LS. Again, I am no doctor but in my research I believe it does have a link to our immune system.
Best of luck with your treatment. If you have the time there is a lot of useful information on the forum to help cope with the LS.
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Cuppa_T Barking
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So sorry to hear that you are in a bad spot at present and the trauma you have gone through in the past. Based on what I have read on the forum so far and my own personal experiences, I have to agree with Melissa that stress definitely plays a major role in LS/LP. Take heart though that this too shall pass. Please, if you can, try some of the advice that is given on this forum and see what works for you. Good luck with the treatment to get the inflammation under control and I pray that things will get better for you soon. We are here for you. Take care xx
Okpeeps Barking
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I wish you luck and determination to fight this
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Anna777 Barking
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I had a serious injury several years ago, and almost died. Since then, I've been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases: Fibromyalgia, Interstitial cystitis and most recently LS. There's no doubt in my mind that stress and/or PTSD creates disease.
The challenge is to eliminate stress and be kind to ourselves. Meditation plus visualization helps me.
Good luck to you,
Anna
alistar Barking
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I do believe that stress have a big impact on LS. But I also believe that for some it can be hormonal. I say that because I've got an 11 month old daughter and it was after her birth that my LS reared it's ugly head - I'd been diagnosed several years prior but with very little emphasis on the seriousness of it and that it would be reoccuring. Anyway, I did have it somewhat controlled, but my daughter over the past few weeks has been in a growth spurt and on the boob all the time and I seem to be experiencing a flare up.
Sadly, from all that I've read, LS is a bit different for everyone, making it so difficult to simply treat.
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andrea58721 Barking
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A couple of things that help me a lot with this issue (because I'm fairly high-strung to start with are daily yoga and, recently, meditation.
All the best!