Vitiligo: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Vitiligo: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Vitiligo is a fairly rare skin disorder,at which the acquired focal achromia is observed. In some parts of the skin, pigment production ceases, since in the melanocytes a special tyrosinase enzyme is not produced.
Causes and Symptoms of Vitiligo
Primary role in the development of the disease playneuroendocrine and genetic factors. Secondly, severe mental trauma, dysfunction of the thyroid gland, sweat glands and adrenal glands can affect the development of focal Achromia.
The main symptom of the disease is on the skin areasthere are depigmented spots that begin to grow and merge. And the hairline, located on the depigmented areas, also becomes colorless. The patient does not have pain. The only thing that brings a lot of inconvenience is an acquired cosmetic defect.
Diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo
The diagnosis is made by a dermatologist on the basis ofclinical picture of the disease. Since the secondary leukoderma that occurs after eczema, depriving, psoriasis, quickly disappears and does not give rise to a growing depigmentation, then with the formulation of the correct diagnosis, as a rule, there are no problems.
Treatment of vitiligo is ineffective. The patient is prescribed a long course of photosensitizers, B vitamins, corticosteroid applications. In addition, the correction of neuroendocrine disorders is performed. A patient with vitiligo should avoid prolonged insolation.
