What is vitiligo? Vitiligo is a white spot or patch with depigmentation. Surrounded by normal skin. Depigmentation spots vary in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters. In the advanced stage, the skin lesions can gradually expand and new depigmentation spots will appear constantly. In light-skinned patients, white spots may not be obvious, but in dark-skinned people, the color contrast is very sharp. Under the wood lamp, there is a very clear boundary between the vitiligo area and the surrounding skin. Vitiligo can affect any part of the body, usually bilaterally symmetrically. The chance of hair turning white is 10%-60%. The incidence of vitiligo is very high, in China, there are 1 to 2 people in every 100 people. Half of them had skin lesions before the age of 20, and about one in five had a family history. Most patients with vitiligo are in good health.
So what should I do if I suffer from vitiligo, there are many ways to treat vitiligo, but many treatments have some side effects. However, Ruipu Medical Technology has developed an instrument for vitiligo, psoriasis and other skin diseases, the uvb skin disease treatment instrument, which uses the 310nm ultraviolet band, which is the most effective band for treating vitiligo, with a short treatment period. The effect is quick. In addition, the portable design also allows us to perform treatment no matter where we are. It is indeed a good device.
It is worth reminding that vitiligo is difficult to cure, but once treated, we must persist in the cure and consolidate for a period of time, because this will help prevent recurrence. When we are sick, we will definitely be depressed, but we must maintain a happy mood. , Because a good mood can benefit the condition.
The above is about the basic symptoms, treatment methods and some precautions of vitiligo. After understanding the above information, we can better deal with vitiligo and minimize its harmfulness.
People who must know about psoriasis have headaches. This disease is extremely scary, and it is a chronic recurrent skin disease. The specific symptoms are red papules on the skin or multiple layers of silver on the plaques. White scaly, psoriasis generally grows on the scalp, back, and extensible sides of the limbs. In severe cases, it spreads all over the body and is accompanied by high fever and pustular erythroderma. Not only that, there are many types.
Divided according to the appearance of skin damage, psoriasis is mainly divided into four types, common type, red skin type, arthropathy type and pustular type.
1. Psoriasis vulgaris can be divided into different periods according to inflammation, progressive period, stable period and degenerative period. During the development of the disease, psoriasis vulgaris skin lesions have various manifestations, such as map-like, gyrus-like, ring-like, and so on.
2. Erythroderma-type psoriasis, this is a very special case, very rare, generally more than 75% of the affected area, including the face, hands, feet, nails, trunk, and limbs will occur, what is this disease What caused it? Mainly because psoriasis vulgaris is not well controlled or when mood is depressed, it develops from generalized pustular psoriasis.
3. Arthropathy-type psoriasis is mainly an autoimmune disease of tendons, fascia, ligaments and joints. It is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which is more common in upper limb joints. The incidence of this type in patients with psoriasis is 5% to 8%.
4. Pustular skin diseases have diversified manifestations, mainly with pustules, which is very scary.
