Lichen Sclerosus: The Silent Genital Health Concern Often Missed

[RedApple]

This article fails to mention that LS seems to be more common in people with autoimmune thyroid disease.

But it does point out that LS isn't just a female problem.

Lichen Sclerosus: The Silent Genital Health Concern Often Missed

medscape.com/viewarticle/li...

[humanbean]

This is an additional source of information for LS.

dermnetnz.org/topics/lichen...

[Regenallotment in reply to humanbean]

Thanks for this, very informative

[J972]

Regenallotment

[Regenallotment in reply to J972]

Thanks for the tag 🙏🌱

[Trill]

How alarming! Mine is a dry patch near the cervix but the article describes only vulval? Horrible to read about the risks and most interesting that it connects it as likely to be associated with tyhroid problems. My GP just left it to me to self-treat. No follow-up check.

[Jasper79]

Interesting.

I have it (I am male). After having it for some years, being a real problem intermittently, I diagnosed it via google and the NZ link quoted by humanbean below. I then paid for a private dermatologist consultation to get it accepted by my GP surgery.

I will cross check the dates against my thyroid diagnosis.

I had no idea of the link to thyroid issues.