ʻO Lichen planus kahi dermatosis maʻi mau kahi e makemake ʻia mamakua makua : loaʻa ia i 2/3 o nā hihia ma waena o 30 a me 60 mau makahiki a ʻano liʻiliʻi ia i nā makahiki lōʻihi o ke ola. Hoʻopili ia i nā wahine a me nā kāne. Pili paha ia 1% o ka heluna kānaka.

ʻIke ʻia, i kona ʻano maʻamau, as Hāpai ka ʻili makala i ka ʻili, aia ma nā kūpeʻe lima a me nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae ʻano ʻē. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili i nā membrane mucous waha a me nā genital. Pili kekahi ʻano i ka ʻili (lichen planus pilaris).

Loaʻa i kahi lichen planus ke kumu?

La kumu o ka lichen planus ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ; manaʻo mākou he hiki i kēlā kaʻina hana autoimmune akā nele mākou i ka hōʻike.

kekahi pili nā maʻi me ka lichen planus: thymoma, ka maʻi ʻo Castelman, ka maʻi o Biermer, ka maʻi ʻo Addison, alopecia areata, diabetes, ulcerative colitis…

ʻO ka hui me a ake mai ʻoi aku ka nui (cirrhosis biliary mua, hepatitis C, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe poino mucosal erosive ka hoʻolālā lichen.