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I suffered from constant itching for many years so by the time I was diagnosed with LS, I was already doing everything I could to alleviate the symptoms such as washing with aquas cream etc etc. I finally realised that it was LS after googling the symptoms and after this was confirmed by the doctor, I was prescribed eumovate and told to follow the instructions. I did this, the LS disappeared and I forgot all about LS until, of course, a few weeks later it came back. I began to use the steroid more and more frequently until I was using it 2 or 3 times a week. I finally hit rock bottom when I was using it to go to bed and would wake up in the morning with an itch. During this time I was trying anything and everything but nothing seemed to help. I googled a link between LS and zinc so I dug out an ancient tub of Sudocrem and applied it. Almost immediately, I found some relief and for the first time in many years, I went for two weeks before the itch returned. In the meantime however, I had discovered emu oil. I bought some on line and tried a new regime of applying the emu oil for moisturising and the sudocrem as a barrier cream and I am delighted with the results. I haven't had an itch now for two months. I can't promise that this combination will work for everyone but it certainly worked for me and I urge anyone suffering from LS to try it.
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Morrell1951 sue44933
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Was this itching after menopause? Is it your only symptom of LS? If so you would have had a biopsy to have LS confirmed. Dr. Goldstein theorizes that women are underdiagnosed because only pre-pubescent girls and post-menopausal women (in other words, low estrogen) complain of itching as their primary reason for seeing a doctor. My gynae has almost as many LS patients as Dr. G. and she disagreed with this estrogen component, says it hasn't been proven.
sue44933 Morrell1951
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cazblue suzanne00
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sudocrem is zinc oxide cream sold as a treatment for nappy (diaper ) rash.
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