What are the symptoms of infantile vitiligo

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Recently, I went to see him and found a lot of white spots on his body. I didn't know what was going on. I took him to the hospital for examination. The doctor said it was infantile vitiligo, which is more serious. Now let me talk about the symptoms of infantile vitiligo.

What are the symptoms of infantile vitiligo

First: in the early stage of infant onset, pigment shedding spots appear on the skin lesions, one or several of which continue to develop into milky white plaques with different sizes, shapes and quantities. They can appear anywhere in the body, and the exposed areas and vulnerable parts are more common. White skin is very sensitive to sunlight, a little bit of sunlight will be red, the course of disease is relatively slow, but will gradually expand to the surrounding, the development of different sizes of round or oval light red macular, peripheral is not obvious.

Second: the skin lesions of infantile vitiligo after 1-2 weeks, red subsided, leaving light spots, dry surface, with a little gray white scales. The diameter is 1 cm to several cm, the boundary is clear, some edges are slightly higher, often 4-6 or more, symmetrically distributed in the face, and some are easy to occur in the neck, upper arm, back and even trunk.

Third: the affected skin is generally not itchy, such as day shift area is relatively large, after exposure may be some burning. Secondary infantile vitiligo is easy to occur in chilblain eczema and other inflammation disappeared, the surface of the local skin symptoms of infantile vitiligo. Carefully observe whether the surface of the white spot is smooth without dandruff. The white spot is light white or milky white. If the boundary is blurred or diffuses towards the normal skin, it may be vitiligo.

matters needing attention

Because the baby is still small, the resistance is very weak, if there is vitiligo, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time, so that the child's disease can be controlled, in addition, when feeding the child, pay attention to choose a lighter and easy to digest food.