White spots on the skin

In life, it is a very common phenomenon to have spots on the skin. Many people have spots on their skin, but there are many types of spots. Different types of spots represent different diseases. White spots on the skin are also a common phenomenon. Most people think that white spots on the skin are mostly caused by vitiligo. In fact, it is not. White spots on the skin may also be caused by other diseases, but everyone needs to pay attention to it.

What causes white spots on the skin?

There are many types of white spots. When white spots appear on the skin, the first thing to do is to observe whether the surface of the white spots is smooth and free of dandruff. The white spots are light white or milky white. If the boundaries are blurred or spread towards normal skin, it may be vitiligo. In specific circumstances, you need to go to the hospital for relevant examinations. Vitiligo is a difficult disease to treat. Its biggest feature is that it is easy to spread, especially affecting appearance and life. Vitiligo is also very difficult to treat.

What are the daily care for patients with vitiligo?

The care of vitiligo is as important as the treatment of vitiligo. Correct care of vitiligo can ensure the treatment effect of vitiligo.

Vitiligo care is multifaceted. It is not only about ensuring the treatment time and number of treatments, but also about maintaining good living habits in daily life. Smoking and drinking will irritate the patient's body. Nicotine in tobacco and alcohol in liquor, if accumulated too much in the body, will affect the patient's normal immune and metabolic functions, causing the body's functions to decline, which will cause vitiligo to spread and make treatment more difficult.

In addition to quitting smoking and drinking, patients should also be careful not to come into contact with chemicals and things containing chemical substances that may irritate their skin, such as sulfuric acid, rubber products (rubber gloves, rubber boots, etc.), sulfides, etc., avoid trauma, and keep the skin away from harm, so as to reduce skin contact infection and prevent the spread of white spots.

How to correctly diagnose skin vitiligo?

The white spots caused by the skin disease vitiligo are generally painless and itchy, and will not cause any pain to the patient's body. The surface of the white spots is smooth and free of dandruff. The initial white spots are no different from normal skin except that their color is slightly lighter than normal skin color. The initial white spots are small in area and small in number. As the disease progresses, the color of the white spots will become more and more obvious, and the white spots will continue to expand and increase. The white spots of the skin disease vitiligo are round or irregularly round. The boundaries of the white spots in progressive vitiligo are blurred. After the disease stabilizes, the white spots are bright in color, with a clear dividing line between the white spots and normal skin, and pigmentation around the white spots.

The skin disease vitiligo is relatively easy to differentiate and diagnose. Although some other diseases can also cause white spots on the patient's skin, their white spots are obviously different from those of vitiligo. For example, the white spots of amelanotic nevus appear at birth or shortly after birth, and the edges of the white spots are serrated, and the white spots will not develop and spread; the white spots of tinea versicolor have fine scales on the surface; the leukoplakia white spots are incomplete hypopigmented spots with other symptoms of leprosy; pityriasis alba manifests as hypopigmented spots with a small amount of white scales on the surface; the white spots of anemic nevus will not change color due to friction, and the white spots will not develop and spread. The white spots caused by the skin disease vitiligo are obviously different from those caused by other diseases. If you observe the symptoms of white spots carefully, you can easily distinguish them.