Vitiligo is a skin disease which is characterized by the absence of skin melanin cells in skin. The disease affects both male and female gender with no age and race differentiation. World wide the disease affects 40 to 50 million people with the percentage of 1 to 2.
The disease vitiligo symptoms include appearance of white spots and patches on skin affected areas, changing colors of hairs (premature graying of hair coloration). Vitiligo symptoms also affects along the skin mucous membrane and retina of eyes.
The causes of
vitiligo are difficult to find out. As the disease can be caused by different factors such as heredity, auto immunity, physical illness, physical injuries, git factors involvement, thyroxine gland deficiency, by wearing warm cloths, medication affects etc.
The appearance of vitiligo lesions on skin affected areas in initial stage is very small and limited but after some times the growth of lesions becomes more progressive, and they widely distributed on all body areas.
It is said that in initial stage of the disease if proper treatment is taken by patient then the chances of getting recover from white spots and patches is quite possible.
The
vitiligo cure is impossible but many vitiligo treatments such as homeopathic treatment, Ayurvedic treatment, skin transplantation technique, skin grafting via blistering, Photochemotherapy, oral psoralen therapy, topical psoralen therapy helps patients in the reproduction of melanin cells in skin.
The disease vitiligo directly affects on the psyche and emotional aspects of the person. Vitiligo patients loss their confidence and they feel so much hesitation, guilt to facing the world. For this purpose psychotherapy helps patients in order to control their emotional feelings. Psychotherapy makes patients mentally stronger and gives them general guidelines about the Vitiligo treatment so that patient instead of feeling worst defends themselves against the disease.
Unfortunately in our society if a person getting indulge in vitiligo then its friends, other members of society and even the patients family members add their misery in them. As a result patient stops taking food and medicine and consider him / her self miserable.
