Lichen Planus

What is LICHEN PLANUS?

Lichen Planus is skin & mucous membrane disease, due to unknown cause, which is characterized by skin rashes in various areas of body. It can affect any area of body including mouth, eyes, ears, scalp, food pipe, throat, anus, nails, genitalia etc.

It is usually immune mediated in nature and body's immune system mistakes and attacks its own skin cells.

Lichen Planus is a chronic skin disease which is not serious, but definitely an uncomfortable disease. Some cases can be very serious and painful.

Unless, Lichen Planus receives proper treatment it can become seriously stubborn and severely frustrating. Lichen Planus is a progressive and chronic skin condition which has no particular causes; hence, it requires constitutional and holistic treatment.

WHAT HAPPENS IN LICHEN PLANUS?

WHAT CAN LICHEN PLANUS LEAD TO?

• Lichen Planus is a not a life threatening condition but definitely if left untreated it can put negative impact on all aspects of your life.
• Lichen Planus can make the skin patchy, papular, pigmented, and colour of skin changes in affected area which may persist for some time even after lesion heals completely. This can cause severe cosmetic disfigurement and may cause embarrassment especially, if on visible areas.
• Lichen Planus can make the nails look bad too. Hair loss , in cases of scalp Lichen Planus, may cause cosmetic concerns.
• Lichen Planus causes intense urge to itch and cause pain . This disturbs sleep and other routine activities. Disturbed sleep may cause daytime sleepiness, irritability and lack of focus.. This can affect work productivity and also destroys interpersonal relationships.
• Oral lichen planus affects eating . Painful sore causes difficulty in eating.
• Lichen Planus may recur even after going away completely.
• Lichen Planus can affect genitalia too in both the males and females. In females, it can make the sexual intercourse painful (dyspareunia). In males, it can cause lesions on the penis and scrotum. Such lesions can cause sexual dysfunctions .
• Scratching and itching can cause skin to bleed which may further cause bacterial infection of skin.
• Though, Lichen Planus is not cancer but it increases the chances of skin/ Oral / genital cancer significantly especially if Lichen Planus is long standing.

Hence, every case of Lichen Planus must be provided with immediate medical attention to prevent complications. Lichen Planus if not treated well can lead to recurrences too.

HOW WELL HOMEOPATHY WORKS IN LICHEN PLANUS?

• Homeopathy is very efficient in managing symptoms of Lichen Planus and has an excellent success rate. It is very gentle and effective system of medicine.
• Unlike conventional system of medicines, there is no use of antibiotics and steroids. Long term use of steroids can be harmful for your health. Homeopathy has world class medicines which treat Lichen Planus from its roots without any side effects.
• Homeopathy stimulates body's healing capacities and strengthens immunity.
• Homeopathy is natural, safe and without any side-effects, and one can enjoy complete freedom from Lichen Planus.
• Homeopathy treats chronic cases of Lichen Planus very effectively and also helps in preventing relapse of the condition.
• Homeopathic Treatment For Lichen Planus has more than 60 natural, side-effect free remedies in its medicine bank for the treatment of this condition.