lichen planus

[meeegun]

has anyone dealt with this? its an autoimmune rash and i think i might have the oral version. the underneath of my tongue is sloughing off. :/ i'm changing my toothpaste... hoping its an allergy to my toothpaste!

[candycane]

I am familiar with this. my sister-in-law had it (she does not have MS) I'm not sure how she got rid of it but I also had an oral rash at the time & we discussed mixing equal parts of cherry maalox & cherry liquid benadryl. (I bought 2 4 oz bottles & mixed them in an empty water bottle) I swished for 1-2 minutes & spit twice a day for a week & it worked--my rash was gone Not sure if it will help you or if you're interested in trying but just FYI. Good Luck!

[Thistle]

Last year my husband's gums started peeling. We eventually found out that he had Pemphigus, which is very similar to lichen planus. We live in the Dallas area and his dentist sent him to the Baylor school of dentistry for treatment. He was given a steroid cream to use on his gums and had to use the biotene toothpaste and mouthwash. After about a year of treatment his gums are better. Luckily, it didn't spread to his skin or eyes. Definitely get it checked out. The earlier you catch it always the better. Good luck!

[meeegun]

90% confirmed as lichen planus by the dentist. i'm seeing a specialist next week.

[MS Diva]

I was just dx'ed with this too! Quite annoying. I was given a steroid paste and told to make a dental appt to verify.

[meeegun]

specialist agreed that its lichen planus. he told me i am allergic to my toothpaste. that would make the third one. getting really annoyed with my overvigilant immune system...

[Sunshyne]

It may not be the toothpaste - may be the Copaxone.

[justacowgirl]

Okay I will bite. Why the copaxone?

[hunterd]

Okay I will bite. Why the copaxone?

ditto!? as far as I know this is not a side effect of the C