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Stress A high percentage of patients say they feel that stress aggravates or causes 'flares' in symptoms. If this is true, then it seems sensible to address the reasons for the stress and undertake stress management in the hope that this will prevent a flare up. Many patients are fearful of steroids and pursue 'alternative' treatments for symptoms but how many take action regarding stress? It is worth thinking about using some of the alternatives available for stress relief if you feel your symptoms are worse during stressful periods of your life. One of the best books on the market for stress management and also for the long term management of chronic health conditions is 'Full Catastrophe Living' by Jon Kabat-Zinn (available from Amazon). Some
links: Some methods of dealing with stress are: Meditation It is not yet fully understood how stress affects lichen sclerosus in relation to the auto-immune system although there are many articles on the internet. However, one thing we can do is to take responsibility for our own lives and our own cases of LS and try to work at a programme of our own for dealing with issues that we feel make our symptoms worse. Fabia Brackenbury
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