What should I do if my child has white spots on his stomach?

Many people have white spots for no apparent reason. In fact, if you dig deeper into the reasons, you will find that there are many reasons for white spots on the body, such as decreased immunity. Children's immunity is significantly lower than that of adults. Because of low immunity, melanocyte antibodies will appear in the body, which will destroy melanocytes and lead to the appearance of white spots. If a child has white spots on his belly, the following methods can be used to solve the problem.

What should I do if my child has white spots on his stomach?

1. Anemic nevus: It is a localized hypopigmented spot, usually unilaterally distributed or confined to a certain part. It occurs after birth or soon after, and rarely continues to expand afterwards. The color is hypopigmentation rather than depigmentation. When rubbed hard, the local area does not turn red, while the surrounding normal skin turns red. The edge of the lesion becomes more blurred after pressure examination with a glass slide.

2. Mottled disease: It is an autosomal dominant genetic disease. It differs from vitiligo in that it has a clear family history and the skin lesions are present at birth. They are most commonly found on the forehead and are accompanied by white hair. The white spots are often triangular or diamond-shaped. Rashes may also occur on the chest, abdomen, and proximal limbs. There are often dot-shaped normal pigment islands in the white spots. Some patients may also have other developmental abnormalities.

If you can compare the above characteristics of vitiligo with other skin diseases, then you should take corresponding treatment. Among them, vitiligo is the most serious and has the highest possibility. However, the professor at the Vitiligo Hospital reminds parents that babies are in the period of growth and development, so it is not recommended for children to receive medical treatment before the age of three, as it will affect the child's body. However, some care can be taken in the child's diet to reduce the deterioration of the disease.

If there are no white spots and the skin is relatively smooth and shiny, it may be caused by vitiligo. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a check-up first. If vitiligo is caused by hereditary factors, it is more difficult to treat. It is recommended to apply anti-vitiligo ointment externally. If it is during breastfeeding, the mother should eat a light diet, pay more attention to diet and hygiene.

In the early stage of vitiligo, white patches the size of rice grains or even fingernails appear on specific parts of the body surface. The color is lighter, mostly pale white, and becomes unclear within four weeks of the progressive stage. Some white patches are surrounded by white spots between the white patches and healthy skin, which develop into halos around normal skin. The surface of the white patches is smooth, without dandruff, and the pores are blocked. However, the exchange of matter and energy between the organism and the external environment and the function of the change process of matter and energy in the organism's body are not affected. Some of them will be accompanied by clear colored patches on the surface of the hair, or they may be black and white. In general, there is no sense of consciousness.