Some common skin diseases - Vitiligo

1. GENERAL

Vitiligo is a disease pigment cells in the skin are destroyed causing the skin to lose pigment layer of melamine, so depigmented skin become white, sometimes alternating with brown spots, fur or hair on vitiligo skin is white.

The white spots are usually found in the back of the hand, wrist, forearm, face, neck, back, genitals, but never vitiligo was found in the palms, soles of the feet, the mucosa

The disease occurs in all ages, cause of vitiligo is not clear at present, it is believed that vitiligo is an autoimmune disease causing the pigment cells are destroyed. Vitiligo genetic nature for approximately 30% of people with vitiligo have a family member with the disease as well.

The favorable factors for vitiligo arise:

- Due to stress: stress in life, trauma (after the accident, disaster, lost loved ones ...)

- Due to exposure to chemicals: as phenols, thiols.

- Patients suffering from other diseases such as thyroid disease, diabetes, pernicious anemia ...

2. TREATMENT

Because unknown reasons, there is currently no specific treatment (both medicine and western medicine) vitiligo. The main treatments are:

- Quang chemotherapy: drugs that increase light sensitivity as oral or topical Psoralen + UV rays.

- Apply corticosteroids to reduce immunity in exposed areas of vitiligo.

- If the above methods fail, you can use the method of skin graft surgery, implants pigment cells.

- There should be a comfortable life, love life, eat, sleep, work, relax with moderation, avoiding the stress in your life. The long-term treatment should be patient, do not hurry, be optimistic about as if disappointed, depressed patients will become more severe.

- Experience old folk used galangal root, sliced, dried and soaked wine 2 -3 months after taking the topical rub spot lesions.