Lichen Sclerosus affects everyone differently. Each person can have a different variety of symptoms or no symptoms at all. This week I tell you about the common, severe and secondary symptoms I learned about in my research. I also discuss how some of them have affected me. Common Symptoms:

• Itching (mostly at night)
• Burning and soreness
• Fissures, nonhealing legions, and blood blisters
• Excessive sweating between your legs
• Chronic urinary tract or yeast infections

Severe Symptoms:

• The fusing of the labia
• The fusing of the clitoral hood
• Valvular scarring

Secondary Symptoms:

• Depression
• Isolation
• Fatigue
• Anxiety
• Loss of relationships
• Pain during sex, urinating or having a bowel movement
• Valvular cancer

While all of these symptoms are bad the mental health issues can cause the most harm because we may not even realize we are having them. This is why we need to build our community and start speaking to each other. I want to start building a network of support where we can text or talk to each other. I want to help and I need your help.