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Information on Vitiligo

By: Peter Hutch


This article was authored by a non-health professional.


Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Vitiligo is also known as 'leucoderma', in India it is called 'safed kod' or 'safed dag' and is considered to be a social stigma. Vitiligo is the appearance of single or multiple depigmented patches on any part of the body. These patches gradually increase in size & cause lot of psychological stress to the patient. It is an auto-immune condition and may have a genetic predisposition. Treatment of vitiligo usually takes a long time. Medical treatment helps in arresting the spread of depigmentation and in some cases, may bring back the pigmentation too.

Causes of Vitiligo

The primary causes of leucoderma are mental worry, chronic or accute gastric disorders, impair hepatic functions, hereditary, typhoid, worm infestation, defective perspiration mechanism and bum injuries. The disease is charterise by the formation of white patches on the skin. The problem usually starts with the small white sport, which soon spreads into patches. This patches are pale in the beginning but become whiter with the passage of the due to loos of mellanine pigments. Ayurveda maintains that leucoderma is caused by some morbidity of the liver which results in a deficiency of pitta.

Vitiligo Treatment

"Vitiligo or Leucoderma can be cured with Homoeopathic Medicines, external applications, Sun exposure and Ultra Violet rays will palliate; Homoeopathy believes only internal medication. Many patients had been benefited by Homoeopathy. Homoeopathy Medicines works both cellular and dynamic level to root the disease causative factors; It has no side effects since it is administered in non material forms!

Several methods of treatment with varying success rates are currently in use. Some doctors prescribe topical medications and/or ointments with or without corticosteriods. A treatment frequently used is the application or ingestion of a drug (psoralens) followed by exposure to ultra-violet light (sun light). This combined treatment is known as PUVA or PUVB. It is reported that these treatments result in limited success (only 61% of patients achieve more than 25% repigmentation).

Rinsing tips: The following rinsing procedure will help get the maximum benefit from herbs. Instead of simply washing the paste off, first dab the dried paste with water to make it wet. Then slowly move the paste with fingers in circular motion as you massage and remove the paste at the same time. When paste dries out again just rinse it off with warm water. This way the skin will completely absorb all the oils from the herbs. DO NOT wash with soap for at least an hour--that will wash away the herbal oils and juices the skin just absorbed.

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