What are the main symptoms of vitiligo

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The neighbor's child grew a lot of white spots, the neighbor was very worried, took the child to the hospital to do a check, the results showed that the child had vitiligo, the neighbor to the doctor to understand vitiligo this disease, the doctor gave her a detailed explanation, let me tell you what the main symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the main symptoms of vitiligo

First: all parts of the body skin can be onset, skin lesions for local depigmentation spots, often milky white, can also be light pink, smooth surface, 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 occurred in the sun and friction injury parts, such as the face, upper legs, neck, forearm extension side and hand back, waist, abdomen and sacrococcygeal, axillary and pudendal, elbow and knee joints, etc.

Second: leukoplakia is often arranged in strips according to the distribution of ganglion segments (or skin segments), which is unilateral. In addition to skin damage, labia, labia, glans and inner prepuce mucosa are often involved. Leukoplakia may spread throughout the body, but the melanocytes in the retina, choroid and pia mater are not involved. In winter, there is depigmentation in the center or edge of the white spot. About 20% of the patients with leukoplakia are highly sensitive to ultraviolet light, and the development of leukoplakia is rapid after the sun exposure.

Third: the number of leukoplakia is variable, and it can rarely change or subside by itself, but most cases show that the number of leukoplakia gradually increases and expands, and the adjacent leukoplakia fuse into irregular large pieces, or even generalized. Most of the patients had no self-conscious symptoms, and a few patients had local itching before or at the same time. Vitiligo is often accompanied by other autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes, thyroid disease, adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, etc.

matters needing attention

So friends with vitiligo in the diagnosis, it is necessary to timely cooperate with the doctor for treatment, try to do early detection and early treatment, do not delay the disease, patients usually have more exercise, accelerate their metabolism.