Talk:Lichen sclerosus

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[edit] Isn't

Isn't it trivial that a disease that in men usually affects the foreskin is rare in circumcised men, who don't have one? Readers should think carefully what it means to (more or less) promote removal of everything that can become affected by a disease. There is no mentioning of a chirurgical treatment for women. Also the usual relation to penile cancer is largely exaggerated; looking around on the Internet with Google it seems that there are hardly reliable data available for this claim. To me this seems an unnecessary pro-circ bias. What is my bias? Well, I had LS, was circumcised and do not recommend it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.152.230.183 (talk • contribs) .

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)

[edit] Wording

"the disease may take the form of whitish thickening of the foreskin which cannot be retracted easily." - Does this mean it causes the f-skin not to retract easily, or is caused by a foreskin not retracting easily? --DanielCD 21:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Combine with Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus?

This article seems to overlap entitirely with Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Should they be combined? Renaissance Healer

[edit] Cleanup

Article has very good content but does not fit the format of a medical article. --Lendorien 13:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The information at WP:MEDMOS might be helpful in cleaning up this article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External links

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[edit] Fungal?

Was there any research done to see if LS were a fungal condition? 84.75.134.177 (talk) 11:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)