Vitiligo (vitiligo) in children is a common and frequent pigmented skin disease in children. It is characterized by local or generalized pigment loss to form white spots, is a kind of acquired limited or generalized skin pigmentation loss, is a common skin disease affecting beauty.
The disease is a multi-causal disease with the following causes: 1. genetic factors.
2, neuropsychiatric factors. The psychological trauma, mental tension and other factors can make vitiligo expand, increase or recur; 3, autoimmune doctrine.
4, the relative lack of trace elements.
Vitiligo is a difficult disease, the course of treatment is long, treatment methods and drug selection varies from person to person.
As parents, should pay attention to several things.
1, should be timely to the regular hospital dermatology treatment, do not overly believe in folk remedies, modern treatment advocated to take a comprehensive treatment program.
2, children and adolescents suffering from vitiligo do not rush, should be treated early, the earlier the treatment prognosis is better.
3, children and adolescents suffering from vitiligo, a considerable part and learning pressure, family discord, parental education methods improper, criticism, injury, classmate relationship is not good.
4, reasonable diet, children should eat more high-protein, high-energy food, such as legumes like soy milk, tofu, green beans, soybeans, black beans, nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, more food with high copper content such as millet, apricot, persimmon, corn, less or no vitamin C content food such as tomatoes, oranges, grapefruit, hawthorn, etc.