What is albinism?

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Albinism is a hereditary leukoplakia caused by melanin deficiency or synthesis disorder of skin and accessory organs due to tyrosinase deficiency or dysfunction. The patient's retina is pigmented, and the iris and pupil are pale pink, afraid of light. What is albinism?

What is albinism?

The skin of the patient's whole body will be white or pink, and the hair will be white or light yellow. Iris transparent, photophobic, skin light sensitive, after exposure to the sun easily lead to dermatitis. At birth, there is a pinch of white hair above the forehead, and the skin under it is also white. In addition, there are irregularly arranged depigmentation spots of different sizes on the nose, forehead, chest and abdomen, which generally do not fade for life. Some patients can produce a small amount of pigment after sun exposure. Some people think that this disease is related to the dysfunction of melanocytes.

Albinism can be divided into two groups, one is the more common eye skin albinism, the body can not produce melanin. The other is albinism with abnormal immune system, which is related to the defects of melanin and other cellular proteins. Clinically, it can be divided into three types: generalized albinism, partial albinism and ocular albinism.

Albinism is a kind of hereditary leukoplakia, which is caused by tyrosinase deficiency or dysfunction. It can lead to melanin deficiency or synthesis disorder of skin and accessory organs. The patient's retina is pigmented, and the iris and pupil are pale pink, afraid of light. Skin, eyebrows, hair and other body hair are white or yellowish white. Albinism is a familial hereditary disease, which is autosomal recessive inheritance and often occurs in the population of close relatives.

matters needing attention

Usually, you can eat more black sesame, black beans, mulberry, walnut and other "black food" containing more tyrosine to reduce the performance. Can not eat onions, garlic, fish, shrimp, mutton, bamboo shoots, pickles, pepper, wine; Usually should eat more copper, zinc, iron and other metal elements more food. The activity of tyrosinase was enhanced and the synthesis of melanin was accelerated;