Children can also suffer from vitiligo. Is there a difference in the ratio between boys and girls?

Many people think that vitiligo only occurs in adults. In fact, many children are also troubled by vitiligo, and if the trouble lasts too long, it will affect the health of the whole body. Children with vitiligo should master the treatment methods in normal times and arrange according to different treatment types. Some may develop the disease three days after birth, and some may develop the disease between 4 and 5 years old. During the development of the disease, it is necessary to actively cooperate with the treatment.

Disease treatment

The treatment of vitiligo in children should be different from that in adults, and the effect is better than that in adults.

(1) Vitiligo in children has the following characteristics :

1. Age of onset: The shortest onset is 3 days after birth, and the average age of onset is 4 to 5 years old;

2. More common in girls;

3. Segmental type is the most common, followed by localized type;

4. Eyes are easily tired;

5. The incidence of halo nevus is as high as 8.5%;

6. It is easy to cause isomorphic reaction after trauma;

7. Obvious gastrointestinal dysfunction.

(II) Pediatric vitiligo treatment particularities - Conventional treatments that are not suitable for children include :

1. Systemic or local side effects may occur when taking corticosteroids orally;

2. Whole body phototherapy is not suitable for children under 12 years old; local phototherapy is not suitable for children under 5 years old;

3. Surgical transplantation is difficult for children to cooperate with and is not suitable.

The ones that can be used are :

1. Topical low-medium-effective corticosteroids; 2. Immunoenhancers; 3. Trace elements; 4. Oral Chinese patent medicine, halved dosage

It is generally believed that the best time to treat vitiligo in children is when the disease is stable, that is, the area of ​​white spots no longer continues to expand for 3-6 months.

Fold to edit this section Treatment precautions

1. Early detection and early treatment: The shorter the onset of vitiligo, the easier it is to treat. Therefore, when you find that your child has white spots, you must take him to a regular hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.

2. Professional treatment: If you are sick, do not seek medical treatment randomly and do not believe in folk remedies, so as not to delay the disease. You should go to a regular hospital for professional treatment.

3. Symptomatic treatment and differentiated treatment: Decide how to use the medicine according to the condition of the disease. In addition, since the physiological functions of children's nervous system, liver, etc. are not fully developed, when selecting medicines, we must consider both the needs of the disease and the adverse factors of the medicine on the children's body.

Tonsillar vitiligo in children

If your child has a cold or fever, don't be careless. Control the condition as soon as possible to prevent it from developing into tonsillitis and increasing the risk of vitiligo.

When inflammation recurs or lifestyle becomes irregular, the body mobilizes lymphocytes to fight viruses. This phenomenon of the body's spontaneous resistance to viruses is called "stress response." The vast majority of people do not have any problems with the body's "stress response." However, for people with poor immune function, after the inflammation ends, the "stress response" is still in effect, and excessive action will lead to the risk of vitiligo.

Whenever there is inflammation in the body, such as cold, gastritis, pneumonia, tonsillitis, etc. At this time, the body's cells undergo a "stress response" to fight inflammation, which can easily induce vitiligo. Many children develop tonsillitis as soon as they catch a cold or fever. In particular, if tonsillitis recurs, the stress system is repeatedly activated, making vitiligo more likely to occur.