Imbangela echaziweyo ye-lichen planus ayaziwa, kodwa kucingelwa ukuba inxulumene nempendulo yomzimba eyenziwa kakhulu. Kubantu abathile inokubangelwa yimithi ethile, usulelo lwe-hepatitis C, okanye ukunxibelelana nezinto ezinobuthi ezifana nezinyithi ezinzima.
I-Lichen planus ixhaphake ngakumbi kubantu abadala, ngakumbi abantu abaphakathi kweminyaka, kwaye kancinci ngakumbi kubafazi. Imingcipheko iphezulu ukuba unemiqathango ethile yokuzikhusela komzimba, i-hepatitis C engapheliyo, okanye uthatha imithi eyaziwa ngokubangela izihlaba ezifana nezihlaba.
I-Lichen planus ihlala iphucuka ngokwayo, kodwa unyango lunokunciphisa ukuvuvukala, iintlungu, kwaye luthintele iingxaki ezifana nezibazi okanye ukulahlekelwa kweenwele. Unyango oluqhelekileyo lubandakanya i-creams ze-steroid eziphezulu, ama-antihistamines okuvuvukala, unyango lwe-UV light, kwaye kwiimeko ezinzima imithi efana nama-retinoids okanye i-tacrolimus.
Akukho ndlela eqinisekileyo yokuthintela i-lichen planus, kodwa unokunciphisa ukuqubuka ngokugwema ukulimala kolusu, ukuphatha uxinzelelo, kunye nokuphonononga imithi enokubangela izihlaba ezifana nezihlaba. Ngokubandakanyeka komlomo, ukungabhemi, ukugwema utywala, kunye nokunyamekela umlomo ngobumnene kubalulekile.
Kufuneka ubone ugqirha wesikhumba ukuze uqinisekise isifo, ukhiphe izimo ezibukeka njengezimo, kwaye ufumane unyango ukuba unezinhlungu ezinzima, izilonda zomlomo okanye izitho zangasese, izinguquko zezipikili, okanye ukulahlekelwa kweenwele esikhunjeni sentloko. Ukuhlolwa okuvamile kubalulekile nge-lichen planus yomlomo okanye yezitho zangasese ehlala ixesha elide.
I-Lichen planus ngokubanzi ayisona isimo esiphuthumayo, kodwa kufuneka ubhukhe utyelelo kugqirha wesikhumba kwiiveki ezimbalwa, ngokukhawuleza ukuba unezilonda ezibuhlungu zomlomo okanye zezitho zangasese, ukubhujiswa kwezipikili, okanye izimpawu zokulahlekelwa kweenwele esikhunjeni sentloko.