Mysterious disease vitiligo

Vitiligo - a disease that official medicine does not favor. It is believed that it does not threaten life and health. But it is not so. Maybe threats to life and no, but harm to health is obvious. After all, Vitiligo is more than a visual reminder of serious violations in the body, and, of course, it is not only a cosmetic defect.

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Unfortunately, for a long time, Vitiligo did not pay due attention, medicine
There were problems and more hard. Nevertheless, about the disease Something is known.
For example, it is precisely established that it is autoimmune. What it is? let's
Let's try to figure it out. The fact is that sometimes with the immune system happens
Serious problems: it is mistakenly accepting cells of their own body
For others and begins for them a real hunt. Now known more than 80
autoimmune diseases. Following them with diabetes mellitus of the first type, scattered
Sclerosis, Crohn's disease, some forms of hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis,
Red Volcanka, Psoriasis.

What is vitiligo?

In this disease, painted skin cells are destroyed – Melanocytes,
White spots are formed. They do not have a pigment that gives the skin natural
Colour.

Vitiligo gradually turned into a serious problem. If you are careful
Close to people sunbathing on the beach, you will find that almost every
The twentieth suffers from this ailment. Official statistics gives approximately
The same indicator. Around 40 million people turn around world.
The disease is also in women, and in men, she can start at any age,
But in 70% of cases - up to 20 years every year the number of patients increases.
Especially unfavorable situation in Western European countries. In Italy I
Switzerland, for example, even specialized clinics for treatment
Vitiligo. Not few patients among famous and famous people.

Long time, Vitiligo was associated with a particularly dangerous disease – Lepra et
leprosy. But vitiligo – not infectious disease nor itching or pain it
Does not cause. Although the army does not take such a diagnosis.

Vitiligo to inheritance

The disease is inherited. But does not inherit itself vitiligo,
And the genes responsible for abnormal operation of the immune system. Therefore B
pure form vitiligo is quite rare. As a rule, there is still
some autoimmune disease. For example, a thyroid problem
Iron, intestines, cystic education, erosive processes, sugar
diabetes.

Vitiligo can suddenly arise in people not burdened «bad» heredity,
After any unusual injury, especially the head. For example, known
Many cases when the disease appeared after the car accident.

Vitiligo is sometimes called the elected disease. The disease is more often striking
people in those layers of society, where the choice of partner is limited to certain
Frames - according to material supply or social status. Often
Vitiligo meets in the reigning persons.

Is it possible to cure?

Treat vitiligo is extremely difficult. Maybe because this is a disease
whole organism, not just skin. And most of the existing techniques
just aimed at eliminating the skin of the alend, but not as not
treat internal organs. But it is known that the development of melanin – Pigment,
Painting skin in natural color, manages melanotropic hormone,
which is not produced at all in the skin, but in the pituitary. According to some
specialists, it is a problem in the work of this gland and lead to illness.

While vitiligo is treated with irradiation of skin with ultraviolet rays,
Pre-increasing its sensitivity to light special photosensitizing
Types of type Metoksalena or Psoralen. By the way, so popular Cuban
Methodik – One of the options for this approach. So you can, of course,
for some time get rid of the external manifestations of the disease, but cure
The disease is still impossible.

True, new techniques appear. One of them – Microwave resonant
therapy. With it, it is possible to help approximately half of the patients. Better
Total responding to the treatment of children and young people. They have less concomitant
diseases, above the rate of metabolic processes. It is important that the result of treatment
visible literally after 2-3 sessions. First, a zone of high pigmentation appears
around stains. The spot itself pose, capillaries and
freckles, clear border stains blur. This means that treatment is going
successfully.

The duration of treatment depends on a particular person. Although usually
We are talking about several months, but not years. Much determines the lifestyle,
Job. For example, a case is known when the patient fully managed to cure
For 5 sessions. This man worked at the airfield. Almost all the time
He spent under «Cold» Sun. For successful treatment, this is very useful.
But the southern sun is harmful. The disease is often sharpened in the spring, after
Trips to hot resorts.

Vitiligo is successfully treated on the Dead Sea in Israel.

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