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Vitiligo is a depigmentation of skin melanin. As for why melanin depigmentation, despite much research still remains unclear, may be related to genetic, autoimmune, self-destruction of melanocytes and nerve chemical factors and other factors. Vitiligo in the clinical manifestations of size, shape of varying pigment depigmentation spots, an unspecified number of clear edge, and some white spots at the external normal skin pigmentation, from the medical phenomenon known as the peripheral pigment coating increases. White spot on the hair may be white, but also remain unchanged. Spot can occur in any part of the body, but in the face, neck, arms and other exposed parts and the external genital organs and other more common skin folds. Bureau of mostly limited nature exist in isolation, but also showed symmetrical distribution, or along the nerve was zonal distribution, you can also pan-full body, leaving only a small number of normal skin.
Vitiligo disease in all age groups, but the incidence of the majority before the age of 20. Not only because melanin depigmentation, summer, likely to cause sunburn incidence of a corresponding part of the skin symptoms, in general, no other symptoms. Course of the disease, mostly chronic, sustainable life, while some patients can go away, but also disappeared after the reproduction of the cases, only a minority of patients with complete healing. Because this disease often occurs in the face, often cause cosmetic problem, so Qiu Zhizhe are many and very pressing, but there is no specific treatment methods, mostly symptomatic treatment.
Skin spot involves a lot of skin, it can be a stand-alone skin, it can be a part of a particular skin skin performance; can be congenital or it can be acquired; genetic factors, infection factors; also There are many so far unknown reasons. In addition to children's skin and white spots seen in vitiligo, the can be found in many skin diseases. Common congenital anemia mole, no nevi; acquired or secondary to a halo nevus, tinea versicolor, Pityriasis Alba and inflammatory skin diseases such as secondary spot. There are mottled rare disease, tuberous sclerosis, and many of the willow white spot syndrome, skin manifestations. Therefore, the parents found that kids have white spots, do not categorically identified is suffering from vitiligo, but should kids go to the doctor, diagnosis, clear further treatment or observation.
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