What does vitiligo symptom look like

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My child's head has a piece of white spots, around the hair is also white, just found recently, what the symptoms of vitiligo look like, let's take a look.

What does vitiligo symptom look like

First: vitiligo is mostly asymptomatic, and a few patients have local itching before or at the same time. Vitiligo is often accompanied by other autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes, thyroid disease, adrenal insufficiency, scleroderma, atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata and so on.

Second: the color of white spots is dark, usually cloud white or porcelain white. Vitiligo's white spot color will gradually deepen with the development of the disease, initially light white or milky white, with the damage of melanin cells in the lesions more and more serious, melanin synthesis less and less, white spots will develop from light white or milky white to deeper.

Third: irregular white plaques of different sizes, single or multiple, the area of white plaques gradually expanded and the number increased. Generally speaking, the white spot of vitiligo and normal skin boundary is clear, but if it is in progress, the edge of the white spot can also be shown as blurred, some can appear around the white spot a color boundary between the normal skin and the white spot diffusion halo ring.

matters needing attention

Don't use drugs blindly. There are many kinds of drugs for the treatment of vitiligo, but they all have certain indications, which may not be suitable for every patient. If the medication is not right, it will lead to the aggravation of leukoplakia. If it is used for a long time, it may cause certain damage to the liver and kidney function.