Vitiligo is a common skin disease. The impact of vitiligo on patients is mainly in the psychological aspect, so the accurate diagnosis and timely and correct treatment of vitiligo is very important. It is often seen clinically that some vitiligo is misdiagnosed and mistreated.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a lot of money for the purpose of the actual project. Most patients do not experience any discomfort. The white spots are more obvious under Wood’s etc. The most important thing is that you can get a diagnosis of vitiligo based on the above clinical features. But this disease also needs to be distinguished from other hypopigmented skin diseases.
The most important thing is to differentiate vitiligo from congenital hypopigmentation diseases such as anaplastic nevus, anemic nevus and pemphigus. The clinical manifestation of anaplastic nevus is a well-defined hypopigmented patch rather than a depigmented patch, and the damage is stable and lasts for life. Anemia nevus is a limited hypopigmented spot, usually distributed unilaterally or confined to a certain area, occurring after birth or shortly after birth, and the lesion itself rarely continues to expand afterwards. The lesions of pemphigus are present at birth, most commonly on the forehead, combined with white hair, and the white spots are triangular or diamond-shaped. The white patches are often dotted with islands of normal pigmentation, and the hands and feet are rarely involved. The above diseases can be differentiated from vitiligo based on their respective clinical features.
Vitiligo is also distinguished from acquired hypopigmented skin diseases such as idiopathic hypopigmentation and post-inflammatory hypopigmentation. The skin is also different from the acquired hypopigmented skin disease such as post-inflammatory hypopigmentation. The post-inflammatory hypopigmentation patients have a history of primary disease, such as eczema, pityriasis simplex, psoriasis, lichen planus, etc. The hypopigmentation is limited to the site of the primary disease lesion and is generally temporary and can fade on its own.
The treatment methods for vitiligo have developed rapidly in recent years. For stable lesions with a large area of skin lesions. Surgical methods such as autologous epidermal transplantation can also be used for patients with stable and small lesions. For the treatment of phototherapy and epidermis transplantation that cannot be carried out in primary hospitals, it is recommended that patients refer to the dermatology department of general hospitals for consultation.
The key to the treatment of vitiligo is early diagnosis, early treatment, adhere to the regular long-term comprehensive treatment. In addition, while treating the patient should be reminded to avoid various triggers that may cause vitiligo aggravation and recurrence such as mental tension, trauma, exposure to the sun, etc.