What symptom can vitiligo cause

summary

Vitiligo is a kind of refractory skin disease. I don't know what's the reason on my deskmate's skin. I saw some large and small white spots on my arm. I learned that this is vitiligo. It has been treated for some time, and the effect is not obvious. Now let's understand what symptoms vitiligo can cause.

What symptom can vitiligo cause

First: vitiligo is depigmented white spots or patches. It's surrounded by normal skin. The size of decolorized spots varies from several millimeters to several centimeters. In the advanced stage, the lesions can gradually expand and new decolorized spots appear. In patients with lighter skin color, white spots may not be obvious, but people with dark skin color, color contrast is very bright. There is a very clear boundary between the location of vitiligo and the surrounding skin.

Second: vitiligo patients with white spots for nail to coin large, nearly round, oval or irregular shape, there are also at the onset of dot like spots, the realm is more obvious; some edge around with pigment band. In a few cases, white spots are mixed with the proliferation of follicular punctate pigment, which can increase, expand and fuse with each other to form an island shape. In addition to depigmentation, the affected area does not shrink or desquamate. The hair on white spots can lose pigment and even turn white, and some hair remains unchanged for a long time.

Third: the surface of vitiligo white spots is smooth, no dandruff, white spots are pale white or milky white, blurred boundaries or toward the normal skin spread may be vitiligo, vitiligo is easy to diagnose, difficult to treat skin disease, to timely diagnose, find the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment, not blind treatment, so as not to aggravate the disease, vitiligo is easy to relapse, to be cured Actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, maintain a good attitude.

matters needing attention

Vitiligo symptoms are very obvious, generally grow some white spots on the skin, may not feel the slightest, but if not treated in time, causing other complications will still have a certain impact on the patient's life and work, in fact, vitiligo in the early treatment effect is very good, hope that patients can control the disease as soon as possible.