What disease is vitiligo

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Yesterday, when I went shopping with my best friend, I passed a relatively large intersection and found that there were many people around, which caused traffic jams. Later, I learned that someone was kneeling and begging. His face was white and black. Let's talk about what disease vitiligo is.

What disease is vitiligo

First: vitiligo is a common acquired localized or generalized skin depigmentation disease. However, the mechanism is still unclear. It can occur in all parts of the body, common in finger back, wrist, forearm, face, neck and around genitalia. It can also occur in female vulva, especially in young women.

Second: vitiligo can be combined with autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease, diabetes, chronic adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, malignant melanoma and so on. The specific antibodies of various organs can also be detected in serum, such as anti thyroid antibody, anti gastric parietal cell antibody, anti adrenal antibody, anti parathyroid antibody, anti melanocyte antibody and so on.

Third: there is no significant difference in gender, all age groups can have the disease, but the incidence is high in teenagers. The lesions are depigmented spots, usually milky white or light pink, with smooth surface and no rash. The white spot boundary is clear, the edge pigment increases compared with the normal skin, and the hair in the white spot is normal or white. Most of the lesions were distributed symmetrically.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo is a relatively difficult to treat skin disease, but it does not mean that if you suffer from this disease, it must not be cured, but the cure rate is not high, but the patient still has to face the disease with a positive attitude and cooperate with the doctor's treatment plan.