What are the initial symptoms of vitiligo

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My aunt recently grew a lot of dense white spots on her back, which looked very terrible. After my uncle took her to the hospital for examination, the doctor said that this was the symptom of early vitiligo, which should be treated in time. Let me tell you the initial symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the initial symptoms of vitiligo

First: the appearance of early symptoms of vitiligo: there is a slightly raised inflammatory dark red on the edge of some new white spots, which can last for several weeks. Most of these early changes have no self-conscious symptoms, so they are easy to ignore; sometimes it is difficult to recognize the early white spots with fuzzy boundary and no hyperpigmentation.

Second, most of the white spots are from nails to coins, which are nearly round, oval or irregular in shape. Some of the white spots are spot like spots with obvious boundary when they are onset. Some of the white spots are surrounded by pigmented bands. 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 become white completely, and some hair does not change for a long time.

Third: the number and development of early symptoms of vitiligo: the number of leukoplakia is variable, which can be limited to a certain part of the body or distributed in a certain ganglion segment (or skin segment), few of which disappear spontaneously. Most cases tend to gradually increase and expand, adjacent leukoplakia can fuse with each other to form an irregular large area, and spread all over the body, such as the map; sometimes normal skin remains in the leukoplakia, which is mistaken for pigmentation, such as: occurring on the face, often mistaken for chloasma.

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In the early stage of vitiligo, the boundary between leukoplakia and normal skin is not obvious, the color is lighter, the area is relatively small, and it will continue to spread in the later stage. It is suggested that patients with vitiligo should go to the hospital for examination in time, actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, pay attention to diet, pay attention to skin cleaning, and insist on treatment.