Is vitiligo contagious?

Vitiligo, a skin disease, does not cause pain to the patient, but it does have a great impact on appearance. This disease is almost not contagious, and the probability of inheritance is also very low. It is caused by the lack of pigment in our body. If you go to a regular hospital for treatment, you can control the disease. So can vitiligo be contagious?

First of all, we need to understand the cause of vitiligo. Vitiligo is an acquired skin depigmentation disease that causes localized white patches to appear due to localized skin depigmentation. The specific cause is unknown, but it may be related to autoimmunity or melanin metabolism disorders, that is, the lesions are caused by the dysfunction or loss of the tyrosine system in melanocytes.

The main manifestations are: white and milky white spots on the skin have clear boundaries, different sizes and shapes, and the hair may turn white in the white spots. There is no atrophy, hardening or desquamation of the skin. It is often seen on the face, neck, back of hands and other parts. No subjective symptoms.

In addition, you also need to clearly understand what infection is. Infection, also known as infection, is a parasitic process in which pathogens invade the human body and remain in the body. Patients can be infected with diseases through contact or other media. The main condition for infection is pathogens. So is vitiligo contagious? Vitiligo is a depigmentation change caused by local skin melanin metabolism disorder. It does not have pathogens and no source of infection. Therefore, vitiligo is not contagious.

Although vitiligo is not contagious, it is difficult to treat and cure, which seriously affects the patient's quality of life. At present, people have not generally paid attention to the prevention of vitiligo. The lack of prevention knowledge and the difficulty in treatment will undoubtedly increase the harm of vitiligo. Therefore, it is very important to popularize prevention knowledge, treat the disease early and prevent it before it occurs, in order to reduce the incidence of vitiligo.

I believe everyone knows that vitiligo is not contagious, but here I would like to remind everyone that vitiligo is a hereditary disease with a certain degree of heredity, so everyone must eradicate vitiligo to avoid passing it on to the next generation.