What to do if your child has vitiligo

Vitiligo is a common acquired localized or generalized skin depigmentation disease. The skin lesions are depigmented spots, which are often milky white but can also be light pink, with a smooth surface and no rash. Vitiligo is mostly inherited from the family, but it can also be acquired. Vitiligo not only exists in adults, but children are also prone to it. When children suffer from vitiligo, parents should not be blindly nervous but should analyze all aspects clearly before treating the child.

If white spots suspected of vitiligo are found in life, parents should take their children to diagnosis and treatment in time and strengthen care: After the illness, parents should send the child to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time, and assist the doctor in finding possible inducing factors. The treatment plan should be formulated and implemented under the guidance of the doctor. Strengthen care to avoid trauma and infection. If parents find that their child's condition worsens, they should send the child to the hospital in time to eliminate possible inducing factors and adjust the treatment plan. Parents should not give their children medication blindly.

Continuous treatment to avoid interruption of vitiligo: Various treatments for vitiligo require a long time to produce results. Do not rush during the treatment and be patient and persist in taking the medication. Because children with vitiligo find it difficult to accept and cooperate with complex treatment measures for vitiligo, especially topical therapies, and it is difficult to apply medication every day, the relatives of the children should provide patient guidance, provide proper care, insist on daily checking and supervising medication use, assist in applying medication, and help the children master medication methods.

The dietary status of most children is worrying. Eat a balanced diet. In daily life, you should eat less spicy foods such as alcohol, chili peppers, raw garlic, mutton, fish, shrimp and other seafood. You should also eat less fruits rich in vitamin C such as oranges, grapefruits, kiwis, tomatoes, hawthorns, bayberries, etc. Eat more foods containing tyrosine and minerals. Be careful to avoid foods that are harmful to your body and eat more foods that are good for your body.

In a large amount of research work on vitiligo, it has been found that vitiligo patients have a variety of laboratory test abnormalities. Although most of these abnormalities are non-specific, they have certain reference significance for the diagnosis, treatment and pathogenesis research of this disease.