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Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease, of unknown cause, which can affect any body part of any person, but has a strong preference for the genitals (penis, vulva), and is also known as balanitis xerotica obliterans when it affects the penis. Lichen sclerosus is not contagious.
1-4% [15] Lichen planus: Skin, mucous membranes None specific Probable 1% [16] Lichen sclerosus: Skin None specific Probable Rare [17] Linear IgA disease: Skin Anti-epidermal basement membrane IgA Confirmed Extremely rare [18] Morphea: Skin None specific Probable Not well established [19] Psoriasis: Skin Various, not specific Confirmed 2-3% [20 ...
Lichenoid eruptions are dermatoses related to the unique, common inflammatory disorder lichen planus, which affects the skin, mucous membranes, nails, and hair. Pages in category "Lichenoid eruptions"
Lichen planus–lichen sclerosus overlap syndrome; Lichen ruber moniliformis; Lichen sclerosus (lichen sclerosus et atrophicus) Lichen striatus (Blaschko linear acquired inflammatory skin eruption, linear lichenoid dermatosis) Lichen verrucosus et reticularis; Lichenoid trikeratosis; Lichenoid dermatitis; Lichenoid reaction of graft-versus-host ...
That is a good point. For Men, Lichen sclerosus is a disease that primarily the foreskin, and therefore circumcision will reduce its incidence dramatically. In the same way we could reduce appendicitis by giving everyone a appendectomy. --Dumbo1 15:26, 15 January 2006 (UTC) Agree regarding common pro-circ bias which may be reflected.
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The IAL has established various committees to address specific aspects of lichenology. The Lichen Terminology Committee, for instance, was responsible for developing an IAL-approved definition of a lichen: "A lichen is an association of a fungus and a photosynthetic symbiont resulting in a stable thallus of specific structure". [3]
About three per 100,000 people per year develop the systemic form. [3] The condition most often begins in middle age. [1] Women are more often affected than men. [1] Scleroderma symptoms were first described in 1753 by Carlo Curzio [9] and then well documented in 1842. [10] The term is from the Greek skleros meaning "hard" and derma meaning ...