Vitiligo: A Step-By-Step Guide to Diagnosis,...

What is vitiligo treatment

1. phototherapy especially in the early stages of the disease, but it takes a long period of up to six months and causes to dye of the natural skin

2. Laser sessions

3. External steroids and pills

4. Vitamin D.

5. Remove the entire natural skin dyewith the mono-benzyl ether, which is used if the vitiligo patches are widespread

6. The surgical solution by skin transplant

What are the causes of Vitiligo

1. It is an immune disease where the antibodies attack melanin cells and destroy their pigmentation

2. Companion of immune diseases such as thyroiditis, type I diabetes and psoriasis

3. Genetic and inhereted factors appear as congenital with birth

What are the symptoms associated with vitiligo?

1. The only sign of Vitiligo is the presence of pale areas of white skin that occurs on the extremities.

2. Some people may experience itching before the loss of dye

3. The spots are small at first, but often grow and change their shape

What tests are needed to diagnose vitiligo?

1. Clinical examination

2. Check the CBC

3. Check thyroid hormones

4. ANA antibody examination