What is the clinical symptom of vitiligo like

summary

Physical diseases should be our great attention, now people pay more and more attention to physical health, in recent years, there are skin problems, vitiligo performance in different periods is also different, for patients to understand the symptoms of vitiligo in different periods can monitor their own situation, so as to make timely measures. What are the clinical symptoms of vitiligo? Let me talk about it.

What is the clinical symptom of vitiligo like

First, melanin in the skin of the body gradually decreases or even disappears. White plaques are formed in the lesions. At first, the plaques are small and not very obvious. Later, the plaques gradually expand. Compared with normal skin, they are more and more obvious and have clear boundaries. The shape of white spots can be round, oval or irregular. The color of some people's hair will also be removed, and a large part of them will be white Patients with vitiligo have symptoms before 20 years old. The white spots of people with lighter normal skin color are not so obvious. If the skin is darker, the white spots on the skin of patients with vitiligo are very obvious.

Second: white spot lesions can appear in any part of the body, not fixed in a place, and most of them are symmetrical distribution, the number and size of white spot will gradually increase with the secondary development of the disease.

Third: 20% of vitiligo patients have a family history, vitiligo skin disease has a certain genetic, if someone in the family has suffered from this disease, then the younger generation will be more likely to suffer from vitiligo than ordinary people. Preventive measures should be taken to make the disease more superficial. Most patients do not have any conscious discomfort, very few patients will have mild itching or discomfort at the beginning of the disease; after the development of the disease, there will be no symptoms.

matters needing attention

Many patients with vitiligo do not have any conscious symptoms at the beginning, a few patients will have slight discomfort or itching. When the skin lesion is exposed to sunlight, it will feel burning, and the skin will turn red or even blister. So patients with vitiligo must take sunscreen measures before going out.