What are the dangers of vitiligo in children

Vitiligo is a relatively common skin disease, which is quite harmful. Children have poor immunity. If the body lacks certain trace elements, it may lead to problems with melanin synthesis, which can easily cause vitiligo and damage the child's appearance. In addition, it is easy to cause some complications. Therefore, if a child has vitiligo, he should be treated in time.

What are the dangers of vitiligo in children

1. Everyone advocates inner beauty, but that doesn’t mean they don’t care about outer beauty. If you suffer from vitiligo, an unsightly skin disease, it will affect many aspects of your life, work, study, and employment.

2. Damage to appearance. The patient himself has already suffered serious harm. Because of the damage to his appearance, it is easy for friends around him to stay away from him. Others will look at him like an alien, some will laugh at him, and some will discriminate against him. All these phenomena will bring serious psychological and mental damage to the patient. It is possible that the patient will have mental and psychological problems, and the child may even have thoughts of suicide.

3. Vitiligo patients are sensitive to ultraviolet rays in the sun, which makes them more likely to develop skin cancer than normal people, making vitiligo invisible.

4. Vitiligo can bring other complications, such as cataracts, hyperthyroidism, myelopathy, diabetes, etc. If these occur in children, they are difficult to eradicate in their lifetime and will gradually endanger the patient's life. Therefore, the treatment of vitiligo cannot be delayed.

Can children's vitiligo be cured in the early stages?

The same is true for any disease. Early diagnosis and early treatment can lead to early cure, and the same is true for vitiligo in children. The prerequisite for curing vitiligo is to classify and stage vitiligo and treat it accordingly. Only by finding the cause can we treat it based on syndrome differentiation. The causes of disease are different for each person, and the treatment methods used may also be different. It is impossible to cure vitiligo with the same prescription for everyone.

Vitiligo is a common and frequent pigmented skin disease, the most significant feature of which is its easy recurrence and spread. There are many kinds of drugs for treating vitiligo, but each drug has certain indications and may not be suitable for all patients. Inappropriate treatment may aggravate the condition.

Patients with vitiligo should go to regular medical institutions for scientific treatment as soon as possible and also take good care of themselves in daily life, such as maintaining a good mental state and avoiding excessive mental stress and negative emotions. Patients should also pay attention to exercising more, strengthening their physical fitness and improving their resistance. In addition, they should avoid trauma and prevent exposure to strong light.

Patients with vitiligo should also develop good eating habits, not be picky eaters or have anorexia, avoid smoking and drinking, avoid eating foods that are not good for the condition, avoid eating fishy seafood and other foods, avoid eating onions, garlic, fish, shrimp, mutton, bamboo shoots, pickles, peppers, and alcohol. It is not advisable to eat spinach, food containing high levels of vitamin C, or food that is too acidic.