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Vitiligo in women did not spread before pregnancy, why did the white patches become larger and spread during pregnancy?

During pregnancy, women with vitiligo may make vitiligo spread or recur due to physical and psychological changes, mainly as follows:

1. Endocrine imbalance. During pregnancy, women are prone to endocrine imbalance, low immune function of the body, poor blood circulation in the subcutaneous tissues, which may cause vitiligo aggravation, white spots spreading and other symptoms.

2. Pregnant women's emotional and psychological pressure is also an important causal factor, psychological pressure will make the condition will have an impact on the indirect factors that lead to the spread of vitiligo. Pregnancy can make the white spots spread, but everyone's physique is different so the degree of proliferation is not necessarily, and not all vitiligo patients will spread.

3. each person's physique is different, the degree of proliferation of white spots is also different, vitiligo patients usually pay attention to the regularity of work and rest, do not stay up all night, eat less spicy and stimulating food, pay attention to personal hygiene and care, and usually also to strengthen their own exercise, enhance the physical fitness, improve immunity. A major feature of vitiligoproliferateThe first step is to make sure that you are able to get the best out of your vitiligo, but it's not an incurable disease!

Because the hormonal balance in a woman's body is disturbed after pregnancy, many hormones are secreted during pregnancy to meet the growth needs of the fetus. For example, the sebum of the adrenal glands will increase, which will make the patient's certain bodily functions be shadowed. The melanocytes in the body will not get enough nutrients and raw materials needed to synthesize melanin, and the balance in the body will be disrupted, making the white spots worse.

Some pregnant patients do not have recurring conditions after giving birth to children, but this is not an absolute situation and patients should still pay attention to it. On the contrary, the whole day worry, nervousness, psychological pressure too much have the possibility of proliferation and recurrence. So the mother-to-be with vitiligo should keep the spirit of optimism, and develop good living habits, pay attention to dietary precautions, so as to prevent the spread of vitiligo and recurrence. After pregnancy to the regular large hospital, according to the doctor's advice to actively prevent the recurrence or spread of vitiligo, and timely supplementation of the body's required micronutrients, as a way to control the condition of vitiligo, waiting for the birth of the little one in a relaxed, happy atmosphere.

Why do white spots expand during pregnancy in some female patients? There are several main reasons:

1. Endocrine imbalance. The hormonal balance in a woman's body is disrupted after pregnancy. During pregnancy to secrete a lot of hormones to meet the growth needs of the fetus, so this time the melanocytes in the body will not get enough nutrients, but also lack of raw materials needed to synthesize melanin, which will lead to vitiligo aggravation.

2, pregnant women's emotional and psychological stress is also an important trigger, psychological stress may aggravate the condition.

Many female vitiligo patients in the clinic, the condition will be aggravated after pregnancy, so it is recommended that female vitiligo patients cure before pregnancy.

Hello, the emotion and psychological pressure of pregnant women is also an important causative factor, psychological pressure will make a difference to the condition and become an indirect factor leading to the spread of vitiligo. Pregnancy will make the endocrine disorders, so, it is easy to cause the spread of vitiligo.

During pregnancy, patients with leukoplakia should pay more attention to the dietary habits in daily life, regulate emotions, avoid trauma, and also pay attention to avoid sun exposure and so on. Do a good job of protection, so as not to induce the spread of vitiligo again.

Pregnancy is a very memorable stage in a woman's life and is often a happy and joyful one. But for women with vitiligo. It seems that the pain caused by the disease outweighs the feeling of joy, and many women with vitiligo wonder. Why is my vitiligo very stable before I was pregnant and when I was pregnant my vitiligo started to spread?

The spread of vitiligo must have been stimulated by some factors. There are many stimulating factors in the pregnancy itself for women with vitiligo.

1. Dietary structure

Many women with vitiligo suffer from over-nutrition during pregnancy. With the improvement of people's living conditions, pregnant women are more able to get comprehensive and sufficient supplementation. In this long process of pregnancy, pregnant women are also long-term supplementation of a variety of nutritious food. The long term supplement high protein food, the patient's body trace elements will also affect the synthesis of melanin, resulting in the proliferation of white spots. So the vitiligo patients in pregnancy must avoid the habit of partiality anorexia, pay attention to nutritional balance.

2. Endocrine disorders

A woman's hormone levels fluctuate during pregnancy. Emotional instability, many women are depressed and pessimistic when they are pregnant, the psychological burden is relatively large. Easily endocrine disorders, hormonal abnormalities will affect the synthesis of melanin, resulting in vitiligo aggravation, white spot proliferation.

Ignoring trauma

Female vitiligo patients in the process of pregnancy, the occasional trauma on the body is present. But many patients are not at the accidental injury, did not pay attention. And trauma is very easy to produce isomorphic reaction, resulting in vitiligo serious proliferation. Therefore, pregnant patients and friends, once a serious trauma, to timely medical treatment, never sloppy. As the saying goes, not afraid of 10,000 is afraid of the unexpected.

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Nanjing Huaxia Vitiligo Prevention and Control Institute - Wang Lyric - Dermatology - Attending Physician Answer for You

Women pregnant body hormones and endocrine fluctuations, the treatment of vitiligo is bound to have an impact, many pregnant patients with vitiligo white spot proliferation is the reason for this, and during pregnancy a lot of drugs can not be used, which brings a great obstacle to the treatment of the disease!

  Choose your medications carefully

  Vitiligo treatment is the most concerned issue for vitiligo patients. Especially pregnant women vitiligo patients, in the treatment of vitiligo, must go to the regular professional hospital to receive professional doctor treatment, follow the doctor's advice, cautious scientific treatment. The woman's resistance during pregnancy is already weak, coupled with vitiligo trouble, the body is even more decline, so in the treatment must be more cautious, the treatment should choose less irritating therapy, careful use of medication, try to avoid hormone drugs. Hormone drugs, although the effect is fast, but if taken for a long time, it is easy to produce dependence, bring great side effects to the human body. Remember to ask carefully about the treatment method and whether the drug is safe before using the drug, and use the drug correctly and reasonably to prevent improper treatment and damage to the body.

  Attention to dietary care

  Pregnant women should follow a regular diet during pregnancy, and pregnant women with vitiligo should pay more attention to their diet and try to consume more food suitable for pregnant women. To reasonably match the meal, to ensure balanced nutrition. You can eat some supplemental nutrients, vitamins and trace elements of the food, but try to avoid containing vitamin C fruits and vegetables, spicy stimulating food, and fish and shrimp, etc., to give full play to the role of dietary supplemental treatment, promote the treatment of vitiligo.

  Strengthening psychological regulation

  Pregnant women should maintain a positive and optimistic mindset and try to avoid negative emotions such as sadness, depression as well as anger, which is extremely unfavorable to the treatment of vitiligo. Although vitiligo has a certain hereditary chances, but only in a variety of factors together will develop, so pregnant patients should not be too worried, only to maintain a good mood will be conducive to the healthy growth of the baby.

  Hello, female vitiligo patients during pregnancy white spots become larger is a normal phenomenon, this is also women than men have a higher chance of white one of the reasons, according to scientific statistics, the average of every 100 vitiligo patients in 55 is a woman, this number is far more than men, in fact, this is because women are affected by physiological period, pregnancy and other special physiological factors, the body's endocrine easily disorders, which in turn lead to vitiligo.

If a woman is pregnant before the white spot is relatively stable, there is no proliferation of the situation, on the contrary, during pregnancy to become bigger spread, it is likely to be affected by the hormone and endocrine disorders in the body during pregnancy, if the condition is mild, it is best to wait until after the birth of the child and then treatment, the condition of the more serious case is recommended to consult and communicate with the doctor.

Hello, according to your description. During pregnancy, due to endocrine disorders, may make vitiligo proliferation or recurrence, but each person's physique is different, the degree of proliferation is also different, vitiligo patients usually pay attention to the regularity of work and rest, do not stay up all night, eat less spicy and stimulating food, pay attention to personal hygiene and care, usually also need to strengthen their own exercise, strengthen the physical fitness, enhance the immunity, vitiligo is easy to proliferate the skin disease, do not actively treatment or prevention will spread to the whole body.

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