Vitiligo is a chronic disease which causes depigmentation of skin in the form
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of white patches. Vitiligo occurs when melanocytes that are responsible for skin pigmentation, die or unable to perform their function. Segmented vitiligo is a common form of vitiligo. Vitiligo has some confusion with other diseases like nevus depigmentosus, white scars and hypopigmentation, pityriases Alba, idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis and pigmentation.
Nevus depigmentosus is a stable disease which is limited to a small area. It appears in the form of white spots on body. It increases as the growth of body increases. The main cause of this disease is the irregularity in the function of melanocytes which produce little pigments. White scars and hypopigmentation is another skin disease which looks like vitiligo. In this disease scars appear due to injury. Scars may be white or colored; it depends on type of injury. Scars can be a result of physical, chemical or inflammatory as acne. Melanocytes may destroy or damage due to injury. Therefore white scars and hypopigmentation occurs.
Pityriases Alba is also a skin disease which is frequently present in children. It mostly comes into views in dry weather and the people having dry skin. It generally appears as dry scales, pale patches on the face. Pityriases Alba can be treated by moisturizing cream. Normally, boys are affected by this disease. It takes place due to activity of melanocytes abnormally low. Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis has also confusion with vitiligo.
Generally, women suffer from this disease. It appears in the form of round shape on skin. Parts of body having exposure of sun light, experience idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis like face, forearms, shoulders. A medical treatment that involves removal of damage tissues and cells known as biopsies is used to treat that problem but as a result thickness of skin reduces. Protection from the sun is very important in this disease. It is commonly observed in people having fair complexion.
Pigmentation is a phenomenon of coloring. .Pigment means color. In biological term it means “a material that give color to the cells of human beings, animals and plants’’. It determines the color of eyes, hair and skin. Many conditions can change the level of pigment. Sometimes level of pigments increases due to excessive tanning and pregnancy known as hyper pigmentation. Sometimes level of pigment decreases known as hypopigmentation due to vitiligo, leprosy, albinism and many others.
Diseases like vitiligo have little existence but vitiligo is most common now. Vitiligo does not damage the health. But it destroys the personality badly and creates psychological problems. It can come out in any age, race and in any gender.
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