Problems with whiteness? What do the doctors say to solve quickly?

 

The body's 'immune system' tries to destroy various cells and tissues of the body for some unknown reason. This type of disease is called 'autoimmune disease.'

White or milky-white spots on the skin are also such 'autoimmune diseases'. There are still many superstitions in the society about Vitiligo or Shweti. Although leprosy had nothing to do with this white spot on the skin, the man and his family were devastated. Dermatologist Sandeepan Dhar, a representative of the country at the World Eczema Council, said there was no other dangerous side of whiteness in that sense other than looking different.

Residents of Europe and America do not leave Shweti at the stage of illness. Uses 'water resistant cover' to match white spots. The people of our country are very upset about the disease, they suffer from depression. So it is not difficult to remove white spots when treated at the beginning of the disease.

According to Sandeepan Babu, the melanocyte cells at the base of the skin produce melanin in the process of melanogenesis. This melanin is the cause of pale or black color. If there is more melanin, the color of the skin is black, if it is medium, it is brown and if it is low, it is fair. When the process of melanogenesis is disrupted, the skin becomes milky white.

Why are melanocyte cells destroyed?

The body's immune system itself destroys melanocyte cells in this disease, said consultant dermatologist Piyali Chatterjee.

T-lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, grow in the blood due to disorders of the body's immune system. These destroy melanocyte cells. Whatever the name of vitiligo, whiteness or leukoderma, the only symptom of this problem is white spots. There is no irritation, pain or itching, said Piyali Chatterjee.

Phototherapy with ultraviolet rays is often used to treat whiteness. File image.

In addition to autoimmune diseases, there can be white spots on the skin for various reasons. Many people get white spots on the skin due to the effect of chemicals used in alta, vermilion or cosmetics or wearing plastic slippers for a long time. In medical terms, its name is Chemical Leucoderma. Again, for a long time, even if you wear a belt and wear clothes, there is a kind of white spot on the waist. With proper treatment all this is cured. Piyali said that many people are afraid of getting white treatment due to various misconceptions. There is no basis for such thinking. There are no other symptoms of this disease other than abnormality of skin color. For this reason, whiteness is not considered a disease abroad.

If you want to get rid of whiteness, you should consult a dermatologist without delay. This is because whiteness is often cured in the early stages with the help of drugs or narrow band ultraviolet (NB-UV) phototherapy. However, in the case of chronic leukemia spread throughout the body, very good results are not obtained by treatment. Although whites spread aggressively in the early stages, not much can be done.

Piyali said Shweti has to be treated at an early stage. If there is a small problem, the spread of this disease can be reduced with the help of medicine and the normal color of the skin can be restored. Narrow Band Ultra Purple Photo Therapy (NB-UV Phototherapy) Sandeepan Dhar assured that good results are often obtained when treatment is started first.

Not a typical ultraviolet ray with a wavelength of 270-320 nanometers, this phototherapy uses a special ultraviolet ray with a wavelength of 311-312 nanometers. In scientific terms, this group of rays is called narrow-band ultraviolet rays. Studies have shown that only this light has medicinal properties. Moreover, like ordinary ultraviolet rays, it has no harmful side. Physicians or medical personnel trained in NB-UV phototherapy emit NB-UV rays over white spots for a short period of time from computer-assisted NB-UV lamps in a very specific manner. Under the influence of ultraviolet rays, melanin is slowly formed again in a very complex chemical process, returning the skin to its normal color. This photo therapy, like any treatment for whiteness, requires patience.

Sandeepan Babu said, “Medical scientists mainly divide Shweti into two parts - segmental and non-segmental. Non-segmental whiteness sometimes spreads rapidly and sometimes slowly throughout the body. But when the growth of segmental whiteness bound to more than one part of the skin stops and does not increase for about a year, the treatment for old whiteness starts.

In modern medicine, methods such as 'micro pigmentation', 'skin grafting' or 'blister grafting' can be used to normalize white skin. In this way, in the sophisticated 'melanocyte transfer' method, melanocytes are injected from the normal part of the skin into the white part, gradually the skin regains its old appearance. There is no barrier to the treatment of whiteness during coronary artery disease. The ultraviolet rays used to treat whites destroy the Covid-19 virus. So if Shweti is caught, she should be treated quickly.