25/06/2022
Vitiligo is a skin disorder in which the skin cell melanocytes that produce melanin are destroyed by the body's immune system, causing the skin to lose its color and resulting in whitish, smooth patches on the skin.
🔸 Vitiligo occurs in about 1% or slightly more of the population throughout the world. It can happen to all genders.
🔸What are the causes of vitiligo?
The absolute cause of vitiligo is not known, but most experts suspect that it is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system attacks its own cells or tissues. Also, there is no evidence why the melanocytes die, but genetics is assumed to be the reason to some extent.
Some of the known factors that could be the cause of vitiligo are:
🔶Autoimmune Disorder: This is a condition in which the affected person's immune system may produce antibodies that destroy the melanocyte.
🔶Genetic factors: Inheritance could be one of the factors that can lead to the cause of vitiligo. Around 30% of the affected have a history of vitiligo presence in their family.
🔶Neurogenic Factors: There is a chance of releasing toxins at nerve endings in the skin, which can destroy melanocytes.
Self-Destruction: a defect within the melonocytes can lead to self-destruction.
🔶What are the symptoms of vitiligo?
🔸The main symptom of vitiligo is the loss of pigment that occurs in any part of the body.
Other symptoms can include:
🔸Premature whitening of the hair on the head, eyelashes, eyebrows, or beard
🔸Itching in the affected area
🔸Discoloration of the mucous membranes (tissue that lines the inside of your mouth and nose)
🔸Loss or discoloration of the inner lining of the eyeball (retina)
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