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Vitiligo - Causes, Symptoms & Home Remedies For an Treatment of Vitiligo

Alternative names : leucoderma & white patches on an skin.

What is vitiligo?

vitiligo, also known as vitiligo, is a distressing skin condition. an word literally means white skin. There is a gradual loss of pigment melanin from an skin layers which results in white patches. These patches look ugly, especially in persons with dark complexions. Vitiligo is a skin condition in which there is loss of pigment from areas of skin resulting in irregular white patches with normal skin texture. vitiligo is common; in fact 1 For 2% of an general population has it.

an condition does not cause any organic harm. It, however, brings about great psychological tension For an patient who is more embarrassed than an victim of any pain or discomfort. an condition thus, besides being a medical Trouble, also becomes a social stigma.

Vitiligo is a fairly common disorder & it affects one percent or more of an world's population. an incidence is a little higher in India. an disorder can occur at any age in either sex in normal skin. It is, however, more common in women than men. an most affected areas are an hands, an neck, an back & an wrist in that order.

Symptoms of vitiligo (leucoderma).

an Suffer usually starts with a small white spot & later on it develops inFor patches. These patches are pale in an beginning Although become whiter & whiter as time passes due For loss of pigment. As spots enlarge, they merge inFor each other and, in course of time, form a very broad patch. In some cases, most of an skin of an body may be covered with white patches. an spread of an disorder is usually slow & progressive. Symmetrical appearance on both an sides of an body (say, on an legs, hands, etc.) is common. In rare cases one finds vitiligo spreading all over an body.

Causes of vitiligo (leucoderma).

an exact cause for an vitiligo (vitiligo) remains unknown. Many wrong beliefs are prevalent about an causes of vitiligo. It is not caused by eating fish & drinking milk at an same time, as is. generally believed because .even vegetarians suffer from this disorder. Other food combinations such as pumpkin & milk, onion & milk as possible causes of vitiligo also have no basis. vitiligo (vitiligo) is not caused by any germs, nor is it due For bad blood. Some of an possible causes for Vitiligo includes :

• Skin trauma.
• Sunburn.
• Mental worry (stress).
• Heredity is also causative factor & about 30 percent of patients have history of an disorder.
• Physical illness

Is vitiligo contagious?

No! vitiligo is not contagious i.e. it cannot spread by touching someone or even by handling personal belongings or food.

Natural home remedies for an treatment of vitiligo.

• an use of seeds of psoralea. Seeds should be steeped in an juice of ginger or cow's urine for three days. an fluids should be renewed every day. an seeds should then be rubbed with hands For Cut their husks, dried in an shade & powdered. One gram of this powder should be taken every day with fresh milk for 40 days continuously. an ground seeds should also be applied For an white spots.
• Babchi seeds, combined with tamarind seeds, are also useful. Equal quantity of both an seeds should be steeped in water for three For four days. They should then be shelled & dried in an shade. They should be ground inFor paste & applied For an white patches for a week. If an application of this paste causes itching or an white spots become red & a fluid begins For ooze out, it should be discontinued. If there is no itching or reddening, babchi seeds should be taken also for 40 days.
• Another Helpful remedy for vitiligo is red clay found by an river side or on hill slopes. an clay should be mixed in ginger juice & applied over an white spots once a day. an copper contained in an clay seems For bring back skin pigmentation & ginger juice serves as a milk stimulant, facilitating in­creased blood flow For an spots.
• A paste made from an seeds of an radish is valuable in treating vitiligo. About 35 grams of these seeds should be powdered in vinegar & applied on an white patches. For better results, seeds should be finely pounded, mixed with a little white arsenic & soaked in vinegar at night. In an post two hours, when leaves appear, it should be rubbed on. an vitiligo patches.
• an use of turmeric & mustard oil is also considered beneficial in an treatme.nt of vitiligo. About 500 gms, of turmeric should.be pounded & soaked in eight kgs. of water at night. It should be heated in an morning till only one kg. of water is left. It should then be strained & mixed with 500 gms. of mustard oil. This mixture should be heated till only an oil is left. It should be applied on white patches every morning & evening for a few months.

Prevention Secret for vitiligo cure

• an patient should avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages & all condiments & highly flavoured dishes.

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