Oral Lichen Planus

[kdsteck]

Has anyone ever been diagnosed with Oral Lichen Planus during or after Cdiff? I was on Vancomyacin for over 4 months before I was able to get an FMT. Since then I developed a mild case of PI IBS. Somewhere along the journey I developed a healthy case of Oral Thrush and Oral Lichen Planus in my mouth. Could this be a result of the Antibiotics as it did seem to start about then or is it aĺl just coincidental timing?

[NanciT]

Hi

I have not seen this related although CDIFF can knock down immunity and Lichen Planus is often an autoimmune illness. I was also diagnosed a year after I had CDIFF and had been treated for 12 months for CDIFF.
I recall the dermatologist telling me my immunity was very low, ferriten was extremely low when they diagnosed this.

It's difficult to know if I would have developed this now, later or not at all.

Sorry this does not help much

NanciT

[kdsteck]

Actually it does help me in a way. This was all a result of a Giardia infection I received on the job. Treated that with antibiotics then diagnosed with Cdiff as a result and treated some more with antibiotics. Up to this point everything has been covered as a work related injury and this may fall under that coverage as well if it is suspected that it all stemmed from the initial Giardia / Cdiff infection. Low immunity etc as a result of the duration on antibiotics, Cdiff, PI-IBS etc. Not to mention lack of good nutrition etc during this whole scenario. Thank You for the reply..

[kdsteck]

NanciT Did your Lichen Planus go away on its own or is still ongoing?

[beth22]

The oral thrush is probably from the antibiotics you took. My mother got it after treating for c difficile and other posters have had it too.

[NanciT]

In my case Lichen Planus is an autoimmune disease, not something caused by CDIFF. Even the CDIFF I came down with in 2014/15( I had for 1 year) was not considered a work comp despite I am a nurse and was teaching at a hospital. The Infectious disease specialist I see was clear it can be picked up anywhere....
I would not relate Lichen Planus to CDIFF. Many get yeast infections from Vanco as I did but it was not the cause of that. Medications can cause side effects for some and not others, we just dont know why.

Hope this helps


NanciT

[roy]

That's the first time I have heard of an infectious disease being accepted as work related.

[kdsteck]

It was covered due to the unique nature of my living and working environment in a company camp worksite. My company provides the housing and specifically the drinking water source where I contracted the Giardia from. In turn the antibiotics for the Giardia caused the Cdiff. So it was decided it and all associated medical issues were a direct result of employment..