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How To Treat Discoloured Patches On Right Leg & On Back Side After Being Diagnosed For Morphea?
My Grand Daughter , going to be 4yrs on 2nd Feb.2013 ,was found having discoloured patches on Right Leg & on Back side.She has been very recently diagnoised with Morphea at a Hospital and prsecribed with Pediatric small dosages of Steroids for a mth . The 2nd opinion is also similar . She has got no other deficiency except Vitamin -D /Calcium Her biopsy reports are expected tomorrow. Being concerned on this account , I seek your expert advice & learned views for Alternate Treatment /Home Remidies /Homeopatheic Treatment
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dear parent, morphea usually goes away without treatement, the treatement is usually to control signs and symptoms until the condition clears away. as for the skin discoloration , treatement includes1) light therapy using ultraviolet light to improve skin appearance 2) topical cream as calcipotriene that will need a couple of months to improve skin appearence
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