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A disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches.

Vitiligo occurs when pigment-producing cells die or stop functioning.

Loss of skin color can affect any part of the body, including the mouth, hair and eyes. It may be more noticeable in people with darker skin.

No one knows what causes vitiligo, but it may be an autoimmune disease. In people with autoimmune diseases, the immune cells attack the body’s own healthy tissues by mistake, instead of viruses or bacteria.

A person with vitiligo sometimes may have family members who also have the disease. There is no cure for vitiligo, but treatment may help skin tone appear more even.

What are the symptoms of vitiligo?

The main symptom of vitiligo is loss of natural color. The patches can show up on any part of your body and can affect:

• Skin, which gets milky-white patches, usually on the hands, feet, arms, and face.

• Hair, which can turn white on the scalp, eyebrow, eyelash, and beard.

• The inside of your mouth or nose.

People with vitiligo can also get problems with the eyes and ears. In addition, people with the disorder may worry about how their skin looks, which can affect general well-being.

What causes vitiligo?

No one knows the exact cause of vitiligo. It may be an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the skin cells that make color. Also, your family history and genes may play a role in causing vitiligo.

Finally, sometimes a sunburn, stressful life event, or contact with a chemical can make vitiligo start or make it worse.

Areas of lost pigment can develop anywhere on your body, including:

• sun-exposed areas like the hands, feet, arms, and face

• inside the mouth or other mucus membranes

• nostrils

• genitals

• back of the eye

• within the hearing system of the ear

Your hair may also turn grey or white if the areas involved have hair.

Even though vitiligo can affect many different parts of the body, it’s not contagious. A person with vitiligo can’t transmit it to someone else.

What are the symptoms of vitiligo?

The primary symptom of vitiligo is white patches on the skin. And it can affect any area of the body, even the areas around your eyes. The patches can be large or small and appear as one of the following patterns:

Segmental or focal: White patches tend to be smaller and appear in one or a few areas. When vitiligo appears in a focal or segmental pattern, it tends to stay in one area one side of the body. Many times it continues for a year or so, then stops. It also progresses slower than generalized vitiligo.

Non-segmental or generalized: Widespread white patches appear symmetrically on both sides of the body. This is the most common pattern and can affect pigment cells anywhere on the body. If often starts and stops many times over the course of a person’s lifetime. There’s no way to determine when, if, or how fast patches will develop.

Study showed that 75 percent of people with vitiligo have loss of pigment on the hands and face. Other common areas are in body folds, like the skin under your arms and around your groin.

What increases your risk for vitiligo?

It’s unknown exactly what causes vitiligo. The condition doesn’t appear to be inherited. Most people with vitiligo don’t have a family history of the disorder. But family history of vitiligo or other autoimmune conditions may increase your risk even though it doesn’t cause vitiligo.

Another risk factor may be having genes associated with vitiligo, including NLRP1 and PTPN22

Most researchers believe that vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder because your body is attacking your own cells. But it’s also unclear how your body attacks your pigment cells. Depending on the population, these disorders can include the following, from most common to least common:

• scleroderma, a disorder of the connective tissue of the body

• lupus

• thyroiditis, caused by an improperly functioning thyroid

• psoriasis

• alopecia areata, or baldness

• type 1 diabetes

• pernicious anemia, an inability to absorb vitamin B-12

• Addison’s disease

• rheumatoid arthritis

Some experts also report vitiligo appearing after incidents of:

• severe sunburns or cuts

• exposure to toxins and chemicals

• high levels of stress

What are the complications of vitiligo?

The good news is that many times vitiligo has few physical side effects on the body. The most serious complications may affect the ears and eyes, but these aren’t common. The primary physical effect is that the loss of pigment that increases your risk for sunburn. You can protect your skin by applying sunscreen with a SPF of 30 and wearing sun protective clothing.

Psychological effects

Research shows that vitiligo can cause significant psychological effects. 50 percent of people with vitiligo reported negative effects on their relationships. Some people reported thinking about their condition all day, especially due to the unpredictability of it.

They also reported:

• avoiding physical activities

• withdrawing from events

• feeling like their condition is a disfigurement

• depression

• anxiety

• emotional burden

If you have vitiligo and are feeling any of these negative effects, talk to your doctor or someone who cares about you. It’s also important to learn as much as you can about the disorder. This can help alleviate stress you may have about your condition or treatment options.

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