What should children pay attention to in the treatment of vitiligo

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Our baby appeared some white spots, and then went to the hospital to have a look, is the cause of vitiligo. And the doctor also suggested that the family members should actively cooperate in the process of treatment. Next, I will tell you what to pay attention to in the treatment of vitiligo in children?

What should children pay attention to in the treatment of vitiligo

First, timely diagnosis and treatment, strengthen nursing, parents should send children to specialist hospital for diagnosis and treatment, and assist doctors to find possible inducing factors, treatment plan should be formulated and implemented under the guidance of doctors. Strengthen nursing, avoid trauma and infection, and actively treat other skin diseases. If parents find that the children's condition is aggravating, they should be sent to the hospital in time to remove the possible inducing factors and adjust the treatment plan.

Second: reasonable diet, strengthen nutrition. After getting sick, we should pay attention to adjust the diet structure, eat more high protein, high energy, high vitamin B content food, supplement a variety of trace elements, eat more dark color food, such as black beans, black rice, black sesame, walnut kernel, black fungus, black jujube, mulberry, peanut and so on. Usually eat less or do not eat foods rich in vitamin C, such as tomatoes, oranges, grapefruit, apricots, hawthorn, strawberries, kiwifruit, etc. In the advanced stage of the disease, we should avoid eating fatty and delicious food and fishy seafood, and parents should not agree to the requirements of children's eating because of doting.

Third: rational use of drugs to avoid injury. There are many therapeutic measures for vitiligo. Some drugs and methods are not suitable for children, such as systemic use of immunosuppressants, antineoplastic drugs and long-term and large-area topical corticosteroids. UVA and surgical therapy with oral 8-MOP are not suitable for children. We can choose the treatment with less side effects such as ultraviolet radiation, immunomodulators, traditional Chinese medicine and external medicine, and adjust the treatment plan in time according to the changes of the disease to avoid iatrogenic injury. Do not use sulfonamides, cystine, penicillamine, vitamin C and other drugs that can aggravate the disease.

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Children's resistance is relatively weak, so during the treatment must strengthen nutrition, but also use scientific methods for treatment. Diet must also be light, protect the child's skin to prevent injury and infection. It's also necessary to change laundry frequently.