What are the causes of vitiligo in children

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All along, I think I love clean, will not get any skin disease, but now found a lot of small white spots on the hand, just thought it was peeling, and not itchy, also did not care, later went to check that it was vitiligo. Let's talk about the causes of vitiligo in children.

What are the causes of vitiligo in children

First: vitiligo is a common acquired localized or generalized skin depigmentation disease. However, the mechanism is still unclear. It can occur in all parts of the body, common in finger back, wrist, forearm, face, neck and around genitalia. 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.

Second: female vulva can also occur, young women in the majority. Vitiligo can appear in twins and families, indicating that heredity plays an important role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Studies have shown that vitiligo has incomplete penetrance and multiple pathogenic loci. Vitiligo can be combined with autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease, diabetes, chronic adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, malignant melanoma and so on.

Third: 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. Antibodies and T lymphocytes can be produced in patients with vitiligo, indicating that the immune response may lead to the destruction of melanocytes.

matters needing attention

In life, we can always see many patients with this kind of skin disease, so in order to avoid suffering from similar diseases, we must prevent the emergence of these causes, and make some adjustments in diet. Life to ensure adequate rest, increase appropriate exercise every day.