Vitiligo

Vitiligo

Vitiligo, also known as leucoderma, is a relatively common skin disorder, in which white spots or patches appear on the skin. These spots are caused by destruction or weakening of the pigment cells in those areas, resulting in the pigment being destroyed or no longer produced. In most cases, vitiligo is believed to be an autoimmune-related disorder. In vitiligo, only the colour of the skin is affected but texture and other skin qualities remain normal. The hair may also turn white that grows in areas affected by vitiligo.

It occurs when the melanocytes, cells responsible for skin pigmentation, die or are unable to function. The precise cause of vitiligo is complex and not fully understood. There is some evidence suggesting it is caused by a combination of auto-immune,genetic, and environmental factors.

CAUSE of Vitiligo

·        Exact cause is not known.

·        Evidence points to autoimmune etiology.

·        Genetic predisposition is common.

·        Age: onset between 10-30 years.

LOCATION

  • Common sites, to start with, are pressure points, i.e. knuckles, elbows, lips.

LESION

  • Start as white localised macules.
  • Rounded, well defined at onset.
  • Adjacent lesions coalesce.
  • As they increase in size, become irregular.
  • Spread to involve greater parts of the body.
  • Depigmented lesion is surrounded by area of apparent hyper pigmentation.
  • No sensory loss in lesion.
  • Every little trauma heals with depigmentation.
  • Lesions are hypersensitive to sunlight.

Homeopathic Remedies for Vitiligo

BOERICKE- SKIN- LEUCODERMA.

  • Ars.alb.
  • Ars.sulph.flavum.
  • Bacillinum.
  • Graphites.
  • Merc sol.
  • Nat.mur.
  • Nit.acid.
  • Nux vom.
  • Phos.
  • Sep.
  • Sil.
  • Sulph.
  • Thuja.
Bacillinum
suffer from chronic cold, cough & occasional history of haemoptysis. He has loss in weight, loss of appetite, flat chested young boys & girls,We get history of asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis & even T.B. in patients.
 

Graphites

Suited to – Excessive cautiousness; timid, hesitates; unable to decide  about anything. Fidgety while sitting at work. Sad, despondent; music makes her weep; thinks of nothing but death.

Nit. Acid

vitiligo where White spots are found at the muco-cutaneus junction. More at the angle of the mouth, eyes, nose, nipples, glans penis, vulva, etc. Along with it, there may be fissure at the same spot. In some of the patients along with this there is a desire for eating chalk, pencils, etc., particularly in children.

Sepia

Best acted in females. Beside the usual white discolouration, these patients have irregular menses either early or late, scanty & painful menses in young girls. Leucorrhoea, prurites, dysparunia, & frigidity is noted. Most of the patients complain of morning sickness along with motion sickness, nausea, vomiting or headache travelling in a car or bus. These patients are not social, they prefer to be alone.

Sulphur

history of suppression of skin diseases or any other suppression like suppressed diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, typhoid & in tropics many other fevers. There is heat in the palms, soles, eyes, anus, vulva, vagina & on the top of the head. Generally hot patient but could be chilly. Irritability & obstinacy is also noted.

Standing is the worst position for sulphur patients; they cannot stand; every standing position is uncomfortable. Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections. Aversion to being washed; always <. after a bath.

Thuja

vitiligo where there is history of vaccination. There is dreams of falling, startling in sleep, have warts on face or on the body, with loss of appetite after vaccination. There is history of tuberculosis or respiratory diseases. Ailments from bad effects of vaccination; from suppressed or maltreated gonorrhoea. Fixed ideas: as if a strange person were at his side; as if soul and body were separated;  as if a living animal were in abdomen; of being under the influence of a superior power.

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