I feel that my LS is under control and I eat just about everything. I occasionally use Clobetasol. Ointment if I sense a bit of a flare up but that doesn’t happen often. What I didn’t understand about my LS was that there is a difference between a flare up of LS and the nerve damage caused by LS that has been undiagnosed and untreated for a long time. The steroid ointment will take care of a flare up but it won’t do anything for the nerve damage which I believe remains permanent. This is an important distinction that needs to be made. I always puzzled over why I had pain even after using the ointment until a new GP prescribed a combination pregabalin and amitriptyline and bingo, pain gone. I realize that not everybody can tolerate these medications, I am just fortunate to have no side effects except occasionally have a dry mouth. The important distinction I am trying to make is that a LS flare up and LS caused nerve damage and pain are two different things and need to be tackled in a medically different way. Dietary changes may reduce flare ups but I doubt that they would tackle nerve damage.

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