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what diet to follow for lichen sclerosus?

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soso86525
soso86525

Hello everyone,

I would like to start to follow and diet which can reduce my current flare up and any future issues with ls but my problem is that I am nearly underweight and I have heard that a lot of these diets make you lose weight.

Does anyone have any suitable suggestions for a diet that will not make you lose any or too much weight?

Thank you.

Also, my gyno refuses to do a biopsy to make sure that it is lichen sclerosus so I self diagnosed it myself sort of. I am also applying betnovate at the moment and I am wondering how long it takes for this to work?

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  • wendy14679
    wendy14679 soso86525

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    How very sad it is when the doctors cannot recognise LS, or when they do not really know what LS is!!  If I were you I would get a second opinion.  You need to find someone who really knows what they are talking about!  Where do you live?   I was lucky to hear from someone on this forum about a knowledgeable doctor of LS and I have made an appointment to see her.  I can't wait!

    Anything with sugar seems to aggravate things for me, not so much fruit though thank goodness.  Even honey gets a bad reaction and I love honey!! Yoghurt, but strangely not milk, although I don't drink more than half a pint daily in tea or coffee!   I have had to stop using sweeteners, but I am not prepared to give up milk!

    Are you vegetarian? 

    Betnovate is not as strong as dermovate. I used it to begin with but have not switched over and dermovate does the trick for me!

    Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

    • soso86525
      soso86525 wendy14679

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      I live in London and I am trying to completely cut out sugar and gluten. I'm not sure whether my gyno would give me dermovate instead as he is believes that it isn't ls rolleyes I will continue to use betnovate just incase 
    • claire12259
      claire12259 soso86525

      Posted

      Soso 

      Ask your GP to refer you to Dr Wendy Reid at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead Heath. She is fab - very knowledgeable and open. She will definitely be able to tell you if its LS or not.  You may have to wait a few weeks tho to see her. 

      xx

  • hanny32508
    hanny32508 soso86525

    Posted

    For me it was definately the cutting out of sugar and the gluten free diet that made a difference.  For other health issues I already had to omit alcohol and caffeine.  I do eat a good portion of fruit every day, often fresh from the garden.  I do well with berries for instance.  And I eat as much as possible fresh produce. Whatever is in season.

    As for dairy productss - I still take a small portion of a good quality yoghurt every day,  but feel sick/nausiated when I drink milk.  Cheese seems to trigger LS.  

    It takes careful observation to find out what foods work best for you and what foods to avoid.  

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