Limb vitiligo

Disease treatment

Compared with other locations, this type is more difficult to cure due to the location of the disease in the human body, so it is more difficult to cure, especially in the hands and feet. It should not be absorbed when using topical drugs, so the following points should be noted when treating acral vitiligo:

Standardized treatment

The treatment of acral vitiligo should also be treated in stages according to the different stages of the development of the disease, and must not be used indiscriminately. The treatment should be based on internal treatment, adjust the body's immune function, neuroendocrine function, and other systemic diseases, such as thyroid disease, diabetes, liver disease, etc., should be treated at the same time. During the on-duration period, patients should not choose strong sunlight, so as not to increase the load of melanocytes, increase the toxicity products of melanin metabolism, and aggravate the self-destruction of melanocytes. At the same time, it is also not allowed to apply a strong stimulating drug to avoid local irritation, damage melanocytes, aggravate immune disorders, and cause white spots to expand and spread.

Combination of governance

Patients with acral type should pay attention to maintaining a good mental state while treating. This type is a relatively stubborn type among all types, and its appearance at the end of the limb blood circulation is late to cause incomplete absorption of the drug. Therefore, the treatment period is longer than the limited type of treatment, and the condition is prone to repetition during the treatment. Therefore, this type of patient is prone to anxiety and emotional irritability. In the course of treatment, attention should be paid to the patient's emotional guidance, so that patients can strengthen their understanding of the disease and adjust their mentality to prepare for long-term treatment.

Disease symptoms

1. Distribution of white spots: Most of the white spots are symmetrically distributed, and many cases are damaged along the nerve segments. In addition to skin damage, part of the mucosa may also be involved.

2, skin lesions performance: skin lesions for local pigmentation, white spots, milky white, the hair inside can be white or normal, but the skin has no other changes, no symptoms.

3, susceptible to stimulation: due to the lack of protective effects of pigmentation, can cause burning, erythema and blisters after exposure. The number of white spots is variable and can be limited to a certain part of the body or distributed in a certain nerve segment (or dermis), but rarely changes or disappears on its own, but most cases tend to gradually increase, expand, and even spread the whole body.

4, white spot color: the degree of acne-type vitiligo pigment loss varies from person to person, depending on the location, but also due to different degrees of discoloration, showing white, gray, near normal skin tone three shades.

Precautions

Protect the skin

Clothes should be wide and fit, especially underwear, underwear, bras should not be too tight, belts should be loose; clinically, white spots under the breast, waist, groin, etc., often caused by local compression. Do not rub hard when bathing; avoid contact with rubber products such as rubber gloves, rubber laces, etc., often cause local discoloration and vitiligo, and skin damage occurs in distant parts; avoid prolonged, intense sun exposure, eczema, dermatitis Early treatment of skin diseases such as insect bites.

Adjust diet

Due to the lack of certain trace metal elements in the blood and leukoplakia of patients with vitiligo, the tyrosinase activity in the body is reduced, which affects the anabolism of melanin and causes lesions. Patients should eat more tyrosine- and mineral-rich foods such as beef, pork, eggs, fresh vegetables, beans, peanuts, black sesame seeds, raisins, hard nuts, and shellfish.

Preventing vitiligo is an important part. It is harmless to take VC in patients with vitiligo. Therefore, foods rich in VC should be eaten or eaten as little as possible. Daily life experience also shows that the so-called "hot food" or "hair" can also affect the condition and treatment effect, which is not conducive to the rehabilitation of the disease, should be noted.

Dietary approach

First, the absolute fasting of seafood, alcohol (especially white wine), smoking, spicy, rich in vitamin C (such as: oranges, grapes, hawthorn, strawberries, etc.) can not eat.

Second, usually eat more foods containing tyrosine and minerals, meat (bovine, rabbit, pig lean meat), animal liver, eggs (eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs), milk (milk, yogurt), vegetables ( Fresh vegetables, as well as radishes, eggplants, winter bamboo shoots, fungus, kelp, etc.), beans (yellow beans, peas, mung beans, soy products), peanuts, black sesame seeds, walnuts, raisins, snails, snails and other shellfish.

Third, to eat more photosensitive food, the photosensitive effect is not only photosensitive drugs, many foods also have a photosensitizing effect, defined as photosensitive food, so patients with vitiligo can eat more photosensitive food. Grey cabbage, snow cabbage, Chinese milk vetch, fennel, lettuce, raisin, leeks, celery, radish leaves, spinach, wheat, coriander, safflower, rape, mustard, fig, citrus, lemon, mango, pineapple, etc. Common photosensitizing foods. In addition, "photosensitive seafood" includes snails, shrimps, crabs, mites, etc., which also contain photosensitizers.

No cosmetics

Examples of skin damage to cosmetics are many in daily life. It is recommended not to use irritating cosmetics, which can enter blood cells through the skin. Destroy the skin's immune system. For patients with vitiligo, more attention should be paid to how to use cosmetics scientifically to prevent the formation of new vitiligo and reduce the chance of recurrence of cured white spots.

Good beginning and end

The most important point of vitiligo treatment is that patients should actively cooperate with doctors. In the course of treatment, it should be noted that: a therapy must be adhered to, and it is forbidden to fish for two days in three days. After persisting for a period of time, confirm that the treatment is invalid. Replace the therapy; do not have too high expectations in the treatment, after a period of treatment, the original white spot does not expand, no new white spots, it is effective, if reduced or disappeared is effective, still need to adhere to treatment, in order to consolidate Have the best effect; while eating the product, eat more foods such as walnuts, black sesame seeds, mushrooms, black rice and other melanin-rich foods to promote the formation of melanin.