Lichen Planus in my mouth-alternatives to steroid treatment?

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I have been diagnosed with Lichen Planus and, while the oral surgeon has told me that no one really knows what causes it, we have gone over and over everything that was happening medically at the time that it cropped up. It looks like it was caused by an allergic reaction to Blue #1 (a dye that is in damn near everything!). I had changed a med that was a very pretty blue, started to get sick, lots of vertigo, etc, and then the mouth started to hurt. The OS has me using Fluocinonide solution, as a rinse, and gawk! It's awful, but it works. However, now that the telltale signs are gone, my tongue feels swollen and sore, and I can't eat anything that is even slightly acidic or salty, or rough. The rinse isn't helping that, and neither does a lidocain rinse. What am I missing? I'm very careful not to ingest anything with blue #1, & I've cut out just about everything good from my diet, including tomatoes (and anything with t sauce), salts, coffee, tea, anything rough. Help!

Marie D · Accepted Answer

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Hi! I've been in dentistry for over 25 years and this is a true nightmare.  This occurs more in women then men and no one really knows what causes it or what to do.  The website above has a herbal combination that has helped some of my patients.  One true factor is stress and a high Ph level in your mouth.  One patient of mine used sea salt rinses 4-5 times a day and got relief.  Another went strickly vegatarian and the sores reduce in one mouth almost completely.  BUT before she did that she had a total body flush and went on huge doses of Probiotics.  I have since put all my pateints on 4 tablets of refridgerated High combination of Probiotics from the health store and they all got relief in 1-2 weeks.  They now take this every day.   I had a horse that had mouth sores so bad we didn't know what to do.  I put him on 6 capsules 2 times a day and it cleared up totally.  He get 6 a day for the rest of his life.   Some holestic doctors think this is bowel related.  Your entired digestive system is out of whack.  Try the salt rinses, the clean diet and large doses of probiotics.  Give this one month before you give up.  I think you will see a remarkable difference.  Stomach issues are the worse for this and you know your body.  So give this a try, it can't hurt, it can only help.  If you have any other questions, please ask, and make sure you have 3 dental cleanings a year and change your tooth brush every 2 months.  Good luck, I wish you the very best.  ps..No sugar, no alcohol and no fast foods.  This destroys your immune system.

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