Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a skin condition wherein white patches appear on different parts of the body. The reason behind this is that the cells that make pigment (color) in the skin are destroyed. These cells are called melanocytes (ma-LAN-o-sites). Vitiligo can also impact the mucous membranes like the tissues inside the mouth nose and eye.
CAUSES
The cause is unknown. Vitiligo may be an autoimmune disease. Such types of diseases happens when your immune system mistakenly attacks parts of your own body. The melanocytes of your own body get destroyed in the case of vitiligo.
Who is at risk?
The disorder can affect anybody irrespective of race or gender. Though it is more common in people with dark skin.
People with certain autoimmune diseases (such as hyperthyroidism) are more at risk to get vitiligo.
Vitiligo may also run in families.
Vitiligo white patches may appear anywhere:
sun-exposed areas like the hands, feet, arms, and face
inside the mouth or other mucus membranes
nostrils
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genitals
back of the eye
the ear
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