Some common questions for vitiligo help

Question 1: What causes the outbreak of vitiligo?

There are different opinions as to the outbreak mechanism profusion of vitiligo. It is generally thought that outbreaks occur in individuals who have inherited a propensity for the disease. As any number of factors in the patient’s life and physical condition take place, functions for the immunity, nerve, spirit and endocrine system result in the repression of the enzyme system or the breakage of the melanin cell. This impairs the melanin production system of the body, eventually resulting in a loss of pigment in the skin.

Question 2: Does vitiligo have relation with sex and age?

The outbreak rate of the disease is almost equal in men and women. Though the disease can take place on people from baby to the old man, the teenager takes up most of it. Our research data shows that the outbreak age is mostly between 10-30 years old, while 25% of them get the disease before 8 years old, and about 50% take place in the awkward age. In addition, this part of patients who have the masculine household history get the disease earlier compared with the patient without masculine household history, and female outbreak time is about 5 years in advance compared with male.

Question 3: No one in my family has vitiligo. How did I get it?

One can get vitiligo even if no one in the family has or had vitiligo. Most patients of vitiligo have family history of one of the autoimmune diseases such as Vitiligo, diabetes, hypothyroid, alopecia areata, cancer, etc., which is suggestive of genetic link. Many times patients may not be fully aware of the relevant family history.