What are the common symptoms of vitiligo?

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Vitiligo is a common disease in life, but many people in the early stage of vitiligo did not pay attention to the disease, to the late stage reached a very serious degree to see a doctor, which for the treatment to have to be a big difficulty, today I will take you to understand the common symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the common symptoms of vitiligo?

Generally, white plaques grow in a certain part of the body. Once white plaques grow, white plaques will not disappear on their own, but will grow larger and larger. Some will fuse with adjacent white plaques to form larger white plaques, which will grow more and more and spread to other parts of the body.

Not only the number of white plaques is increasing, but also the area of white plaques will be larger and larger, and there are more and more long white spots in the body, and the diseased parts, because of the loss of pigment, lead to the loss of pigment in the hair of their parts, showing white.

The hair of healthy people is because of the melanin formed by melanocytes, so the hair of normal people is black, but patients with vitiligo have damaged the black cell reservoir of hair follicles, so the hair of patients with vitiligo is white, which is also a particularly obvious manifestation of vitiligo.

matters needing attention

Avoid strong light exposure: in summer, if the ultraviolet rays are too strong, excessive exposure will certainly accelerate the consumption of melanocytes, which will accumulate a large number of toxic substances in melanocytes and cause damage to cells. The skin of patients with vitiligo is particularly sensitive. Therefore, appropriate sunscreen measures should be taken initially to prevent the skin from direct exposure to the hot sun, and sunscreen products suitable for the skin type and site should be used, Hat, parasol, long sleeve coat, etc. can also effectively block the damage of ultraviolet rays.