How to identify the initial symptoms of vitiligo

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The neighbor's child had a lot of white spots on his face. The neighbor took her to the hospital for a skin examination. The doctor told him that his child had white spots on his face because his child had vitiligo. Let me tell you how to identify the early symptoms of vitiligo.

How to identify the initial symptoms of vitiligo

First: the clinical manifestations of patients with vitiligo, vitiligo can occur in both men and women, from newborn infants to the elderly can be onset, 15-30 years old for the peak. The lesions showed local depigmentation spots, milky white, varying in size from 1-2 square centimeters to tens of square centimeters, with variable shapes, generally round, oval, irregular shapes, map shape or mesh shape. The distribution is usually symmetrical, but it can also occur in a certain part or one side, or along the skin node. The white spot boundary is clear, some edge part pigment increases instead, some white spots can see the residual normal skin island.

Second: at the beginning of the disease, most of them are hypopigmentation spots, one or more of which are not completely disappeared, so they can not be clearly separated from normal skin, and there are also spot like hypopigmentation spots at the beginning of the disease. The skin lesions develop and expand gradually, the pigment is completely lost, and can fuse with each other. The boundary between the skin lesions and normal skin is gradually clear. The development and quiescence of the skin lesions often alternate. Some patients have obvious seasonality, which is generally aggravated in late spring and early summer. In winter, the skin lesions can be quiescent or alleviated. In some patients, the skin lesions can be limited to some parts for a long time.

Third: in general, the symptoms of vitiligo are as follows: the skin color decreases, turns white, has grayish white, milky white or ceramic color, no pain and no itching, the skin becomes pure white, round or irregular loss spots, the surface is smooth, the boundary is clear, the affected hair can be normal variable white. Specific to the hospital to check the diagnosis, clinical white spot part of the hair white, long in the head, hands and feet of the peripheral nerve parts, or have trauma for more than six months pigment does not restore, are likely to be vitiligo. Specific circumstances need to see after the white spot can be diagnosed. It is suggested that you should come to the hospital to make a definite diagnosis.

matters needing attention

So the sudden appearance of white spots on the skin and other things, we should go to the hospital as soon as possible for examination, and strive to achieve early detection and early treatment. Friends with vitiligo usually need more exercise, so that they can sweat more and accelerate the metabolism of the body.