What is the knowledge of vitiligo disease symptoms

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Once at work, I saw a client with a lot of white spots on his arm. The white spots were very large and looked scary. This is probably what we often call vitiligo. Let me tell you about the knowledge of the symptoms of vitiligo.

What is the knowledge of vitiligo disease symptoms

First, there is no significant difference in gender, all age groups can have the disease, but teenagers are more likely to have the disease. 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.

Second, the lesions are more likely to occur in the sun and friction damage site, the lesions are more symmetrical distribution. Leukoplakia is also often arranged in strips according to the distribution of ganglion segments. In addition to skin damage, labia, labia, glans and inner prepuce mucosa are often involved.

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

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Vitiligo can attack at any age, is a relatively common disease, the disease course is longer, the treatment is more difficult, the symptoms of common white spots, different sizes, more distributed in the skin exposed to the sun, most patients are not itchy.