What are the common types of leukoplakia?

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Leukoplakia has a great influence on a person's appearance. Patients are often worried because of their damaged appearance. In addition, they are worried about the problems of treatment every day, which makes the patients physically and mentally tired. The treatment of leukoplakia must be symptomatic, make clear the specific type of leukoplakia, and then syndrome differentiation and treatment in order to better treat the disease. So what kinds of common classification of leukoplakia, the following to do a brief introduction to this problem.

What are the common types of leukoplakia?

Segmental leukoplakia. The disease can occur at any age, but especially in adolescents, the formation of skin damage is limited to the surface of the skin. The skin lesions showed round or oval shape, and some patients' skin lesions were irregular shape. The formation of leukoplakia clear boundaries, some patients with white spot lesions have color changes, in addition to no other abnormal feeling. At the beginning of the onset of the color is very light, with the area of white spots in slowly increasing, skin lesions and normal skin at the junction of pigment deepening phenomenon.

Generalized leukoplakia. The disease can be widely distributed in most of the skin of patients, and the range of 100% is more than 50% of the skin area of patients. At the beginning of the disease, a large irregular white spot is formed.

Acral leukoplakia. This disease is easy to appear in patients with fingers and toes near, usually with immune factors have a great correlation, especially in patients with unstable thyroid function prone to this disease.

matters needing attention

Mental trauma or life stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. The onset or aggravation of vitiligo often occurs after stressful events. Therefore, in the onset or development stage of skin lesions to avoid mental trauma, fatigue, excessive thinking. Mental tension and depression may not only induce vitiligo, but also expand the original vitiligo. Patients with vitiligo should keep optimistic mood, relax, sleep full, pay attention to rest.