What are the symptoms of vitiligo in children
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My cousin is nearly five years old this year. He has been in good health. He seldom has a cold or fever. Recently, there are some white spots on his skin, which are flaky. The doctor said that this is children's vitiligo. Now let me tell you what are the symptoms of children's vitiligo.
What are the symptoms of vitiligo in children
First: typical skin white spots. Children suffering from vitiligo, due to the lack of local skin melanin, so the child's skin will have 1-2 pieces of white spots appear, skin white spots is the most typical clinical symptoms of vitiligo. Therefore, children have smooth skin without scales of small white spots appear, parents had better take their children for diagnosis and treatment in time, is likely to be vitiligo.
Second: changes in the shape and size of vitiligo. Due to the spread of vitiligo, the symptoms of vitiligo are different in different stages of disease development. In the early stage of children suffering from vitiligo, the white spots on the skin are usually round or oval, which can be distributed unilaterally or symmetrically, and the white spots have the size of nails. However, after the spread of vitiligo, the area of leukoplakia gradually increased, adjacent leukoplakia connected into a piece, pan hair like a map, irregular shape, the external image of children with aesthetic impact is relatively large.
Third: the affected skin has no consciousness. Due to the obvious symptoms of vitiligo, children suffering from vitiligo can usually be found in time, so the onset time is short, the area of vitiligo on children's skin is not very large, and the affected skin is unconscious, children will not have skin itching and other abnormal feelings.
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Children's vitiligo is more common in children's vitiligo disease, generally speaking, the condition is not so complex, relatively high cure, patients with children's skin white spots are usually not too big, generally painless, there is a trend of spread.
