I-Lichen planus yi-a i-dermatosis engapheli okwenzeka ngokukhethekile kuumuntu omdala oneminyaka ephakathi : kwenzeka ku-2/3 wezimo phakathi kweminyaka engama-30 nengama-60 futhi ayivamile eminyakeni yokuphila ngokweqile. Kuthinta kokubili abesifazane nabesilisa. Ithinta cishe 1% wabantu.

Kubonakala, ngendlela yayo evamile, njenge isikhumba esilumayo siphakamisa lokho kulunywa, etholakala izihlakala namaqakala ikakhulukazi. Kungase futhi kuthinte ulwelwesi lwamafinyila lomlomo nolwesitho sangasese. Ifomu elithile lithinta isikhumba sekhanda (i-lichen planus pilaris).

Ingabe i-lichen planus inembangela?

La imbangela ye-lichen planus ayaziwa ; sicabanga ukuthi kungaba a inqubo ye-autoimmune kodwa asinabo ubufakazi.

nezinye izifo zihambisana nge-lichen planus: i-thymoma, isifo sikaCastelman, isifo sika-Biermer, isifo sika-Addison, i-alopecia areata, isifo sikashukela, i-ulcerative colitis ...

Ukuxhumana no-a isifo sesibindi okungapheli (i-primary biliary cirrhosis, i-hepatitis C, njll.) kubonakala kuvame kakhulu ukulimala kwe-erosive mucosal uhlelo lwe-lichen.