What causes vitiligo

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My parents did not have vitiligo. A few years ago, due to an accidental fire at home, my body parts were burned. Later, the injured parts gradually developed some vitiligo. In the past two years, I took a lot of drugs to treat the disease. Vitiligo was still under control for the time being. Many people have this kind of confusion and know what the cause of vitiligo is. Now I'll explain it for you.

What causes vitiligo

First of all, the pathogenesis of vitiligo in traditional Chinese medicine, the disease is mainly due to blood heat, wind heat, wind evil, beat in the skin, heat for a long time, Qi and blood disharmony, stagnation of heat for a long time, qi stagnation and blood stasis, leading to blood heat and wind heat; or liver stagnation and qi stagnation, wind evil, accumulated in the skin, Ying Wei disharmony, qi stagnation and blood stasis, meridian block; or liver and kidney deficiency, Qi and blood disharmony, skin dystrophy. Western medicine believes that the cause of vitiligo is unknown, and that endocrine disorders, diet, drugs, heredity, sunlight, mental nerve and chemical stimulation, autoimmunity and other factors can lead to the disease.

Secondly, excessive UV exposure will also aggravate vitiligo, UV exposure. Ultraviolet exposure can increase the toxic substances in patients' melanocytes, accumulate a large number of intermediate products in the synthesis of melanin, and cause damage to melanocytes; on the other hand, ultraviolet exposure can also cause hyperfunction and excessive consumption of melanocytes, and reduce the synthesis of melanin. Lead to aggravation of the disease!

Finally, vitiligo can be detected etiology, with the development of science and technology, technological progress, I believe that more about the treatment of vitiligo technology will appear, treatment and prevention of vitiligo will become easier. Etiological analysis of vitiligo through clinical research, the common causes of vitiligo can be divided into: genetic factors, autoimmune dysfunction, neurotransmitter factors, secretion and metabolism factors, endocrine disorders, human lack of copper, zinc trace elements, environmental pollution factors.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo patients usually diet should be light and nutritious, for vitamin rich food as little as possible to eat or not to eat, too sour and spicy food should also be paid attention to. Usually, the diet should be regular and appropriate, not hungry and full disorders, overeating, in order to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach, diet should not be one-sided, with meat and vegetables, thick and thin combination, suffering from leukoplakia can not always eat refined rice noodles, to meat and vegetables combination, can be conducive to the development of the disease.