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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
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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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