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Originally Posted by Kevin D
My nine year old daughter was diagnosed with AA last week. For the past year, she has been treated for Lichen sclerosus, a rare skin disease for which the cause is not known, but is believed to result from an overactive immune system. So she has two rare diseases for which the causes are "unknown" but both belived to be autoimmune related. Hard to believe it is a coincidence.
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Kevin,
When they refer to the suspected cause as an
overactive immune system, I think of it as a
confused immune system, one that attacks the body's own cells. That can be a cause of both lichen sclerosus and aplastic anemia.
Did your daughter require treatment for lichen sclerosus? What treatment does her doctor recommend for the AA? I think you're right to assume that there's a connection between the two conditions, and if they share a root cause then perhaps treatment for AA will be effective against lichen sclerosus as well.