The difference between white palace madness and leukoplakia

Most patients are always easily confused about vitiligo and leukoplakia, and cannot tell them apart at all. Some patients even treat these two diseases as one disease. In fact, to be precise, vitiligo is a type of leukoplakia. Not all white spots on the body are vitiligo. In many cases, vitiligo is caused by a lack of melanin in the body, but the causes of leukoplakia are very diverse.

White spot diseases are divided into vitiligo, albinism, pityriasis versicolor, and white pityriasis. Once white spots and white spots appear on your body, you must take it seriously. Vitiligo is a pigmented skin disease caused by acquired melanin loss. It starts with unconscious local skin, mucous membranes, and hair turning white, gradually expanding, with clear boundaries, a smooth surface, and no desquamation. There are many treatments for vitiligo, but not every one of them is suitable for patients. Some treatments are specific to the conditions of some patients. It is recommended that you go to a regular vitiligo hospital to diagnose your condition, combine your physical condition, and choose the most suitable treatment method for the best results.

The general clinical manifestations of vitiligo patients are: loss of melanocytes on the skin in the vitiligo-affected area, the color of the white spots is porcelain white, which is significantly different from that of normal skin. The size and number of white spots vary. For patients in the stable stage, the edges of the white spots are clear, with pigmentation at the edges, and the surface of the white spots is smooth and scale-free. Opinions and suggestions: There are many kinds of drugs for treating vitiligo at present, but each drug has certain indications and may not be suitable for all patients. It is recommended to go to a regular national specialist hospital for systematic etiology testing in time to find out the cause of melanin deficiency and start targeted treatment from the root.

Vitiligo refers to patches on the skin and mucous membranes that are lighter than normal skin color, which is mainly caused by hypopigmentation or loss of pigmentation. It includes albinism, anemic nevus, pityriasis alba, tinea versicolor, senile leukoplakia, vitiligo, etc. Because the early stages of the disease are mainly white spots, it is easy to be confused with vitiligo.

The difference between vitiligo and leukoplakia :

The appearance of white spots does not necessarily mean that you have vitiligo, but white spots will definitely appear if you have vitiligo. Vitiligo is not the only disease that causes white spots. Many common skin diseases also cause white spots when they occur. These white spots have similar symptoms to vitiligo, so these diseases are easily confused with the white spots of vitiligo.

Look at the color of the skin lesions : the color is lighter and pale white when the disease first occurs. As the disease progresses, the white color gradually deepens and becomes porcelain white or pure white. When the disease develops to a more serious stage, hair will fall out and the sweat gland pores will become blocked.

Look at the shape and location of the lesions : the shape of the lesions is irregular, and they are mostly the size of fingernails or coins, nearly round or oval, and then expand or merge into irregular flaky white spots with visible edges and island-like pigment spots in the center of the white spot area. Another typical form of white spot is a band-like or strip-like pigment spot distributed along the nerves, with the edges of the white spots being as neat as if cut by a knife.

Observe the development of skin lesions : at the initial stage, it appears as dot-like or sheet-like hypopigmented spots, one or several patches. Most people have localized white spots or patches, ranging in size from a grain of rice to a fingernail, which may be solitary (only one small patch on the body) or scattered (multiple patches appearing simultaneously or successively on different parts of the body).