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Suggest Treatment For Vitiligo
sir this is bhagath singh here from bangalore, my wife has vitiligo since two yers, n earlier days the pigments were too small, n now the pigments have spreaded all over the body, now shes undergoing with some ayurvedic treatment but i dnt c any changes in her, please help me in curing her as i love her so much n i want her to b cured wel. please sir answer me.
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
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Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by loss of melanin thus leading to the formation of white patches.
Treatment is guided by the severity/ extent of involvement and also by the activity of disease i.e whether it is stable or spreading.
Your wife seems to have widespread involvement with vitiligo and it seems to have spread i.e it is active.
In actively spreading generalized vitiligo Oral steroids are the drugs of choice. They are effective in halting the spread of patches besides re-pigmenting them.
In addition to systemic steroiods other treatment options that is beneficial for widespread vitiligo is phototherapy in which the patient is subjected to narrow band UV B (311-313 nm wavelength) in a closed chamber, twice or thrice every week.
Multiple sessions may be required and treatment may extend to months.
In addition to systemic steroids and phototherapy topical treatment with moderately potent topical steroids like mometasone furoate and Topical calcineurin inhibitors like tacrolimus is also part of therapy of vitiligo.
I suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your region for the needful.
Regards
Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by loss of melanin thus leading to the formation of white patches.
Treatment is guided by the severity/ extent of involvement and also by the activity of disease i.e whether it is stable or spreading.
Your wife seems to have widespread involvement with vitiligo and it seems to have spread i.e it is active.
In actively spreading generalized vitiligo Oral steroids are the drugs of choice. They are effective in halting the spread of patches besides re-pigmenting them.
In addition to systemic steroiods other treatment options that is beneficial for widespread vitiligo is phototherapy in which the patient is subjected to narrow band UV B (311-313 nm wavelength) in a closed chamber, twice or thrice every week.
Multiple sessions may be required and treatment may extend to months.
In addition to systemic steroids and phototherapy topical treatment with moderately potent topical steroids like mometasone furoate and Topical calcineurin inhibitors like tacrolimus is also part of therapy of vitiligo.
I suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your region for the needful.
Regards
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