Vitiligo affects all parts of the skin throughout the body, and sometimes vitiligo affects one part of the body.
The spots on the skin that are a sign of vitiligo are caused by a deficiency or loss of melanin that works on dyeing the skin by secretion of the colored cell substance.
Injury sufferers attribute the onset of the disease to exposure to the trauma, and the sun may be the cause of the onset.
And individuals with vitiligo suffer from patches or patches of white-like color of chalk, especially in the exposed parts of the body are the hands and feet, arms, neck and face, especially around the mouth and eye These patches are defined with a radius ranging from 5 to 5 cm and vary in shape (circular, oval, Linear), and around these patches there is a region characterized by a color in the middle of the central region affected by vitiligo and the peripheral area sound, which forms vitiligo vitiligo (trichrome vitiligo).
In terms of the distribution of these spots, he divides, as mentioned, into two parts:
1 – Vitiligo specified or partial: It is the least common type, and it is characterized in one part in one half of the body (unilateral)
2 – vitiligo generalized: It is the most common and is present in the bilaterally. The degree of vitiligo reaches the degree of full vitiligo throughout the body, accompanied by diseases in the endocrine system of the thyroid, pancreas (diabetes) and adrenal glands (Adison’s disease), so the doctor has to observe the symptoms and signs of endocrine diseases.
With these spots, the hair may lose its color, especially the hair of the head, eyelashes and beard.
1. Vitiligo is an acquired chromosome caused by the breakdown of the responsible colored cells. It is the production of the melanin dye that is responsible for giving the skin color
2 – The mechanism of the crash of colored cells is the crash by self-immunity or breakage due to toxic substances resulting from the manufacture of melanin or the result of stress oxidation
3. Vitiligo spreads around the world and the incidence rate is 1%. There is no difference between males and females in the infection, and most cases occur in people between the ages of 10 to 30 years.
Vitiligo is divided into two types: general vitiligo, which is the most common, and there is a satisfactory biography in the family in addition to the existence of autoimmune diseases (diseases of the thyroid, diabetes, and Edison) and vitiligo is the least common and is not linked to the existence of a satisfactory biography in the family or the existence of immune diseases Self.
5 – The most vulnerable areas are exposed areas of the sun are hands, feet, arms, neck and face, especially around the mouth and eye.
6 – Vitiligo appears in the form of white patches similar to the color of chalk and be specific features, and may appear Vitiligo tricolor.
7 – The diagnosis depends on the clinical examination and examination of the affected area of the wood lamp, in addition to ascertaining the symptoms and signs of autoimmune diseases and ask for tests if necessary in case of doubt.
8. Medications include the use of sunscreens, topical cortisone creams, cream and sorrelin pills
9. Radiation therapy includes the use of ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B, narrow beam and laser.
10. Surgery involves the use of suction or vaccination.
11 – Pill of honey, honey, ammonia, garlic, vinegar, milk and narcissus are used in alternative medicine to treat vitiligo
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