The skin on the finger joints turns pale

The whitening of the skin on the finger joints may be caused by vitiligo. Vitiligo is a disease with complex causes, which is likely related to genetic factors. Patients with vitiligo need to seize the early opportunity in treatment. It is recommended to choose scientific treatment methods in regular hospitals, and patients must also have confidence. Only then will recovery be possible. Let’s take a look at the early symptoms of vitiligo.

What are the early symptoms of vitiligo?

1. The white spots on the body of vitiligo patients have smooth surface, clear borders, and they feel that their excretion is normal. This is also a symptom of vitiligo. Vitiligo patients have white spots of varying sizes on their trunk and limbs, and their number gradually increases. Vitiligo patients are sensitive to sunlight and turn red when exposed to the sun. These are also manifestations of vitiligo.

2. Tap the white spots and the surrounding normal skin with your hands. Experts point out that when the surrounding skin turns red, observe whether the white spots also turn red or whether the white spots are more obvious in appearance. At this time, you can determine whether you have vitiligo.

3. The white spots are small in area, usually milky white in color, round, oval or irregular in shape. The white spots are usually independently distributed on the skin without any signs of blending. Whitened skin is more sensitive to sunlight than normal skin and will turn red if exposed to the sun for a little time. Therefore, patients with vitiligo should pay attention to sun protection.

Halo-like white spots are one of the typical symptoms of early vitiligo. If the patient pays attention and observes carefully, the disease will definitely occur. Halo nevus is also called centrifugal acquired leukoplakia, which refers to the localized hypopigmentation surrounding the pigmented nevus. The nevus itself may fade in color while the skin lesions continue to develop. It is common to see that after the central mole of a halo nevus disappears, its white halo expands, and new white spots appear on other parts of the body one after another. Most scholars believe that halo nevus is a type of vitiligo and should be given sufficient attention.

Why should vitiligo be treated early?

A large amount of practice has proved that treatment of vitiligo is relatively easy in the early stages. Vitiligo that has just appeared for 1 to 2 months can often disappear completely within half a month to two months of treatment. This is because in the initial stage of vitiligo, there are still some melanocytes that are not completely destroyed in the skin lesions. We call this "incomplete vitiligo". If treated early at this time, it is expected that the melanocytes in the basal layer of the skin of the vitiligo will be repaired, divide and proliferate, secrete melanin, and transport it to all layers of the epidermis through the dendritic protrusions, thus achieving the best therapeutic effect.