White spots are not necessarily vitiligo, white spots are a color-reducing disease, the common cause is the reduction or lack of melanin, common white spot diseases may be: vitiligo, pemphigus, halo nevus, white furfura, anaemia nevus, inflammation or post-traumatic pigment loss, idiopathic punctate hypopigmentation,Tinea pedis.

Any leukoplakia needs to be examined under visible light (daylight) and Wood's lamp, so it is important to go to a proper hospital to be examined when white spots appear, rather than engage in self-diagnosis and self-treatment.

People talk about vitiligo and white patches are so afraid of vitiligo because it's the disease that people are most worried and concerned about;

vitiligoThere are several general characteristics: it usually occurs in areas of the skin that are relatively dark in complexion, theFace, back of hands or nipplesand other locations.Milk-white or chalk-white spots or patches，Round or ovalGeneralclear boundary. It may be that it occurs in the mucous membranes, eyelids, arms, glans, or even generalized all over the body.Generally no other discomforts。

Bright white under wood light

psoriasis

due tofungal infectiondue to.Round or oval hypopigmented spots，There is a tendency towards integration at the centerThe general occurrence ofChest and back, Malassezia infection, whose products inhibit melanin synthesis, can producescaly. Antifungal treatment can be very effective.

pityriasis alba

Typically occurs inface (body part)，violencePeriod.More pronounced in summer，Poorly defined patchesThe surface hasfew scales, with mild hypopigmentation, scattered. May be associated withSolarization, wormsRelated;

birthmark

It is a common skin tumor that is usuallyThe center is a pigmented mole，Margins are devoid of melaninRing. It generally undergoesFour stages: mole cell appearance, loss of pigment in the center mole, disappearance of the mole, disappearance of the halo; some may develop vitiligo. This usually requires no treatment.

anemic nevus

Generally.Pale areas of varying sizes，Intermittent irregular lesion boundaries，Located on the side of the body. It is usually present at birth and is usually observed in later life. There's a feature:When exposed to heat or emotional stress, the vasodilatation around the lesions is obvious, and the color of the intermediate pigmentation becomes whiter in relative terms.. This is mainly due to local vascular hypersensitivity to catecholamines, which is a vasoconstriction of the blood vessels in the area, resulting in reduced blood flow.

idiopathic punctate hypopigmentation

Generally.Dotted hypopigmented spots 0.5-6mm in sizeYesClearly bordered, asymptomatic, porcelain-white spotsthat generally do not change after they appear.disjointed. Generally occurs inOlder persons over 70 years of age, usually no treatment is needed.

mottled barge disease

It's a rareautosomal dominant disorderlocalizedmelanin deficiencyMost commonly found inforehead, which may be combined with gray hair. As a result of defective migration of melanocytes from the neural ridges to the epidermis and associated with impaired melanocyte development.C-kit gene mutation in proto-oncologyResulting from;

With so many white spots, when white spots are present, it's a good idea to visit the hospital for a checkup to get a clear diagnosis and eliminate concerns.

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As we all know, vitiligo is a common skin disease, which is caused by the loss of melanocyte function in our human skin. It is an acquired disease, due to our human skin pigmentation loss caused by a chronic skin disease, vitiligo in the onset of the formation of some size and shape of the human skin in a piece of white patches. So in ordinary life we find ourselves with white patches, will it be vitiligo, which requires us to have a certain understanding of vitiligo.

The main manifestation of vitiligo is in the early stages when skin breakdown develops and remains static often alternating.In this period of time the white spots on the skin depigmentation degree is light, we are very difficult to the disease and the surrounding normal skin demarcation clearly, if the skin itself is relatively white people when vitiligo occurs on the body is more difficult to find vitiligo this disease, in the case of difficult to make a diagnosis, you can carefully observe the body with white spots on the surface of the body is smooth and no dandruff, the white spots are generally pale white or milky white, the border of the white spots is clearer or If you find that it keeps spreading towards the normal skin, then it is more likely to be vitiligo.

Some patients with vitiligo have a certain seasonality, generally speaking, vitiligo disease in the late spring and early summer when the condition will be significantly aggravated; winter time will be static or reduce the condition of vitiligo.

One of the most important diseases to differentiate from vitiligo is leucoderma, a condition that occurs most often on the face of children and also manifests itself as unintentional hypopigmentation (hypopigmentation not depigmentation in this case).There are fine scales on the skin on close inspection, and many children with pityriasis alba have a history of sun exposure (learning to swim or playing at the beach).

The second disease to identify is idiopathic pitting pigment loss that occurs in the extremities in the elderly.These pigment loss points are mostly small, rarely more than half a centimeter in diameter, which is due to the death of pigment cells caused by skin aging, which is fundamentally different from the onset of vitiligo and does not require treatment.

For vitiligo treatment must be the earlier the better, if we have white spots on the body, we should promptly go to a regular hospital or skin hospital for scientific examination, under the guidance of the doctor to do the appropriate care, comply with the doctor's instructions, cooperate with the treatment, and make the appropriate psychological preparation for vitiligo this kind of skin disease to have a certain degree of patience, positive and healthy state of mind, so that you can control as early as possible! Vitiligo.

If you have vitiligo and are pregnant, communicate with your primary care physician to let him/her know about your body so that he/she can treat it. You can also talk to your physician to know if the medication you are taking is harmful to the fetus in your womb, so that you can minimize the harmful factors to your child and try to avoid them as much as possible.

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vitiligoIt is a pigmented skin disease caused by impaired melanocyte function, and the main clinical manifestation is the white spots caused by pigment loss, which is formed from small to large, gradually expanding, expanding or fusing from the size of a pinhead or a grain of corn into white spots of varying sizes.

However, the appearance of white spots on the body is not necessarily vitiligo. Vitiligo needs to be identified with the following diseases that also have clinical manifestations of white spots.

1,anemic nevus: Anemic nevus usually develops since childhood, most often on the face, is a light-colored spot, and the skin does not redden after stimulation and friction of the area, while the surrounding skin reddens.

2,pityriasis alba: It may be related to dry skin and sun exposure, or to the presence of parasites in the body, and manifests itself as hypopigmented spots, which are more frequent in children and have indistinct edges.

3,colorless mole: It develops at birth or shortly thereafter, and the lesions are confined pale white patches that tend to be distributed along the ganglia with jagged edges.

4,moss on damp walls: It occurs on the upper limbs of the trunk as a pale white, round or oval spot with indistinct borders and a very fine, furfuraceous scaly surface, and many people are susceptible to the disease in the summer months when they sweat a lot.

5,albinism: It is a congenital autosomal recessive congenital leukoplakia, often with a family history of lack of pigmentation of the surrounding skin and hair, and the irises of both eyes are clear, and the size and shape of the white patches can remain unchanged throughout life.

Vitiligo white spots are pure white round or irregular loss spots, the surface is smooth and without dandruff, the border is clear, the edge of the pigmentation increases, no obvious discomfort. If the white spots meet the above characteristics, it is likely to be vitiligo. It is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible to confirm the diagnosis, if it is vitiligo, we should be under the guidance of the doctor scientific treatment.

There are many kinds of white spots, not all of them are vitiligo, so when you find white spots you should go to a professional and regular hospital for examination to confirm the diagnosis, don't blindly use medication or go to some small clinics without professional protection.

There are several ways to identify whether a white spot is vitiligo:

Vitiligo is mainly based on white pigmentation loss patches to determine, the surface of the skin pattern is normal, surrounded by pigmentation has sedimentary band, mostly without self-conscious symptoms. The main manifestations and characteristics of vitiligo are as follows.

site of disease

It can occur in all parts of the body, but most often occurs in exposed areas such as the face, neck, and back of the hands, which are susceptible to friction and sunlight, and sometimes the lesions are arranged in segments or bands.

skin damage

1. It is a limited white depigmented spot, the size of a nail to a coin, round or oval, which can be enlarged or fused with each other to form an irregular large area of varying size and number, with no scales on the surface and clear boundaries.

2. Hair at the lesions may turn white.

3. Deepening of pigmentation around the lesions.

4. No conscious symptoms.

5. Exposure to the sun can cause burning pain, erythema or blisters at the lesions.

Even so, there are still many diseases with similar symptoms, so when similar symptoms are noticed as mentioned above, professional testing is still needed to confirm the diagnosis in order to avoid misdiagnosis.

Vitiligo, it should be said that most of the vitiligo lesions in the dermatologist can still be correctly distinguished with the naked eye, of course, there are still a small number of weird rashes need to do differential diagnosis.

Here is a brief description of the manifestations of vitiligo.

Vitiligo is a common acquired, idiopathic hypopigmented skin disease, which is caused by a variety of reasons that lead to localized loss of melanocytes in the skin, resulting in areas of depigmentation (white patches).

Vitiligo can occur in all parts of the body, the most common parts are vulnerable to sunlight and friction damage, such as the face, upper legs, neck, forearms and back of the hand, waist and abdomen and sacrococcygeal tail, armpits and pubic area, elbows and knees, etc., mostly symmetrical distribution.

Typical vitiligo lesions are localized clearly demarcated pigment loss patches, often milky white, can also be light pink, the surface is smooth and without dandruff, the edge of the skin rash pigmentation is increased compared to the normal skin, and the surrounding normal skin to form a clear line of demarcation, the white patches within the hair is normal or whitened.

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I. What is a white spot?

Leukoplakia is usually a lighter colored patch on the skin or mucous membranes, these patches are either light white or pure white, in any case, lighter than normal skin color, the cause of the lighter color is mostly due to hypomelanosis or loss of melanin. For example, albinism, sweat spots, lichen planus, white sugar rash, white furfuraceous rash, apathetic nevus, anemic nevus, and other such diseases may cause white patches.

Second, what is vitiligo?

Vitiligo as a kind of leukoplakia has the commonality of leukoplakia, that is, because of the loss of pigmentation and the formation of white patches, is an acquired limited or generalized skin pigmentation loss disease, there are three main symptoms:

1, no pain, no itch, normally vitiligo will not have pain and itch, just color distinction, other and normal skin is almost the same, but does not exclude a small number of patients due to consumption of stimulating food lead to white spot itching.

2, there is no strange feeling, vitiligo white spots will not flake and atrophy, feel no strange feeling.

3, the number and size of irregular, vitiligo white spot number and size are no rules to speak of, but usually appear in the exposed parts of the white spot and normal skin edge is not clear irregular.

III. How to differentiate?

Through the introduction of white spots and vitiligo, we can see that vitiligo is white spots, but white spots are not necessarily vitiligo, in fact, it is relatively simple to distinguish between them, clinging to the symptoms of vitiligo can be distinguished:

1, check whether the white spots have pain and itching sensation, because the white spots of vitiligo have no pain and itching sensation, but some white spots will be itchy or even painful, so this is the easiest way to identify whether the white spots are vitiligo or not.

2, in addition to checking whether the surface of the white patches is smooth without dandruff, vitiligo and the surrounding normal skin is no difference, but like the general skin white patches will feel bumpy, and is not white-based, but may be reddish, darker color.

3, a trick to distinguish white spots is not vitiligo

Vitiligo has a characteristic that other white spots don't have, that is spreading. Vitiligo does not get timely treatment or improper care will be spreading, from the original one or two white patches to the emergence of large patches, and the spread of parts of the face and neck area, are some very conspicuous location.

Vitiligo is one of the more frequent and harmful skin diseases in recent years, but not any white spots are vitiligo, vitiligo has its own unique characteristics. So how to determine whether the white spots are vitiligo?

Symptom analysis method of vitiligo

Vitiligo's surface skin is smooth, no scales, no self-conscious symptoms, usually painless and itchy. Vitiligo affected area and the normal skin border blurred, in addition to the color of white, and other and normal parts of the skin there is no difference.

Judged by performance after exposure to external stimuli

1, vitiligo, if you slap the white spots with your hands, the white spots will turn red, and the surrounding skin will also turn red, and return to its original skin color after stopping the friction.

2, vitiligo is more sensitive to sunlight exposure, vitiligo after sun exposure will appear red phenomenon, will also be accompanied by a burning feeling.

Detecting Vitiligo Let Skin CT Tell You the Results

Vitiligo examination must be after professional testing, the United States three-dimensional skin CT is one of them. Three-dimensional skin CT can not only quantitatively compare the difference between lesions and normal skin pigmentation, for the diagnosis of vitiligo to provide a basis for, but also for the long treatment of various types of vitiligo patients directly scanning out the number of melanocytes under the skin of the white patches or whether the existence of the vitiligo treatment process to monitor the pigmentation of vitiligo production, so as to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment.

We all know that the external manifestation of vitiligo is that the skin lesions show white spots in the form of mottled patches, but having white spots on the skin doesn't mean that you have vitiligo, and the white spots may also be sweat spots, halo nevi, and white furfurace, and so on. Vitiligo in the treatment of the more important point is the right treatment, so the white spots and vitiligo have a simple distinction is very necessary. Let's take a look at it together.

　 In daily life, there are often people because white spots and vitiligo can not be distinguished, resulting in white spots on the body often mistakenly believe that they are suffering from vitiligo and suffer from loss, the spirit is in a state of high tension, we know that the mental factors are also vitiligo is one of the important triggers. Of course, there is another situation, that is, the real vitiligo people often think that they just have some white spots on the body, no big deal, and did not carry out the relevant treatment in a timely manner, thus missing the good time of the early treatment. Today we will teach you a few simple tricks to see what is the difference between vitiligo and white spots!

　　I. White spots

White spots are patches of skin that appear lighter than normal. Identification of white spots: The causes of white spots on the skin of patients are various, which leads to slight differences in the characteristics of white spots, but we can still find clues that allow us to identify white spots. First of all, we can make a preliminary judgment according to the color of the white spots, the skin at the white spots is lighter than the normal skin color, but usually will not become pure white; in addition, we can also identify the white spots according to the edge boundaries of the white spots. The edges of different white spots have different characteristics, generally speaking, the edges of white spots are relatively clear.

　　II. Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a common pigmented skin disease, which is caused by the loss of skin pigment and the production of limited white spots, making certain parts of the skin in a white state. Vitiligo identification: first of all observe its shape, vitiligo white spots are mostly the size of nails and coins, the shape is not the same; and then observe its surface, observe the surface of the white spots is smooth and no dandruff, inflammation or atrophy, etc.; and then watch the color of the white spots, whether it is pale white or milky white; and finally observe the demarcation of the white spots, if the white spots and the normal skin around the boundary of the blurring of the surrounding normal skin or have a tendency to spread towards the surrounding skin, then it is very likely to be vitiligo, the white spots will be the most important thing. If the white spots are blurred with the surrounding normal skin or have a tendency to spread towards the surrounding normal skin, then it is very likely to be vitiligo.

Warm tips: These are just some tips for self-judgment provided above, it is still difficult to accurately distinguish between white spots and vitiligo, so when white spots appear on the body, you should still consult a skin doctor in time, and then under the guidance of the doctor, so that the condition will not be aggravated because of your own judgment.

You can observe whether the white spots are smooth and not flaky, generally show no pain and itching feeling, if the border is blurred or white spots are towards the normal skin in the expansion of the words, this situation can be initially judged as a symptom of vitiligo, the specific condition or need to see the white spots before you can confirm the diagnosis.