2023-06-25 23:05:52
World Vitiligo Day is commemorated every June 25.
More than a million people in Mexico suffer from this skin disease.
It is caused by the destruction of cells that give color to the skin.
The skin covers the entire length of the human body and fulfills various functions. Like any other organ, it is exposed to multiple damages. One of the most common problems is vitiligo because it is already the third cause of dermatological consultations in our country.
In this sense, the head of the Dermatology service of the Hospital Juárez de Mexico (HJM)Miriam Puebla Miranda, added that more than a million people in our country suffer from this disease that is characterized by the skin depigmentation.
At the same time, it develops when the immune system destroys cells called melanocytes, which give skin its color. This causes the appearance of white spots on different parts of the body, mainly on the eyelids, mouth, armpits, genitals and hands.
Miriam Puebla Miranda explained that the vitiligo can occur from the age of 10; however, it is more common after the third decade of life. In the world, two out of 100 dermatological patients suffer from it.
Why is it generated?
Stress is one of the main causes. It is also recurrent in daughters or sons of parents with autoimmune or thyroid disease.
These people should use sunscreen every four hours, avoid direct exposure to the sun’s rays because they are at higher risk of sunburn, and eat more foods with antioxidants and omega’s to reduce the possibility of autoimmunity.
The head of the Dermatology service said that the HJM provides comprehensive treatment with psychological support, since the depigmentation causes the self-esteem of the patients to decrease; Sometimes they feel discriminated against, “they stop doing routine things because they are embarrassed to see them with spots on their bodies.”
An incurable disease although there are various treatments
It is an incurable condition; however, there are treatments that help to even out the skin tone. Others, such as phototherapy, stimulate the proper functioning of skin cells through X-rays.
Phototherapy stabilizes and stops the progress of the disease. In addition, it repigmented the lesions.
In it World Vitiligo Daywhich is commemorated on June 25, the HJM specialist urged people with this disease to seek medical attention at the corresponding clinic or health center closest to their home to receive treatment.
The Ministry of Health has highly specialized hospitals, such as Juárez de México, where specialists provide the comprehensive care they require to improve their quality of life.
The commemoration of this date has the purpose of making the population aware of and sensitizing about this disease, to foster empathy towards those who suffer from it.
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