Does vitiligo affect the next generation

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Cousin is pregnant for more than six months, the recent cold and dry weather, her vitiligo relapsed, she did not dare to use some stimulant drugs, afraid to affect the child, the heart is also afraid of this disease inherited to the child, then with you to analyze whether vitiligo will affect the next generation.

Does vitiligo affect the next generation

First of all: vitiligo does have a certain heritability, but the genetic probability is very small, we can rest assured that vitiligo can appear in twins and families, indicating that genetics plays an important role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Studies have shown that vitiligo has incomplete penetrance and multiple pathogenic loci. The decrease of copper or ceruloplasmin levels in the blood and skin of patients with vitiligo leads to the decrease of tyrosinase activity, which affects the metabolism of melanin.

Secondly: vitiligo can be combined with autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease, diabetes, chronic adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, malignant melanoma and so on. The specific antibodies of various organs can also be detected in serum, such as anti thyroid antibody, anti gastric parietal cell antibody, anti adrenal antibody, anti parathyroid antibody, anti smooth muscle antibody, anti melanocyte antibody, etc.

Finally: mental factors are closely related to the onset of vitiligo, most patients have mental trauma, excessive tension, depression or depression at the onset or skin lesion development stage. The degeneration of nerve endings in leukoplakia also supports the neurochemical theory. Trauma, sun exposure and some photosensitive drugs can also induce vitiligo.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo patients are not unable to see the sun, is to try to rare the sun, especially when the sun is particularly large, try to go out as little as possible, should try to avoid skin damage, there are many patients with vitiligo after skin injury, wipe drugs, pay attention to the skin clean, so as to be more effective.