[메디컬투데이=김준수 기자] The season of exposure, and the season when it is easy to be stylish Summer is the season when anyone can enjoy the green nature to the fullest while wearing light clothes. However, there are people who cannot enjoy this summer. These are the people who suffer from vitiligo. In particular, vitiligo, which is prevalent in summer, is atrophied due to a mottled skin condition that you do not want to show to others, and depression or social phobia makes it difficult for outside activities.
Vitiligo occurs in 0.5% to 1% of the total population, and is particularly common among people in their teens and 30s. Last June 25th was World Vitiligo Day. It was created to raise interest in vitiligo on the day Michael Jackson, a world-renowned pop star who suffered from vitiligo, died.
Vitiligo is a depigmentation disease that occurs when melanin pigment is destroyed, which is acquired. There are an increasing number of phone calls.
Above all, because it is not recognized that it is a skin disease in the early stages, there are cases where tanning or other stimulation causes burns or worsens. In addition, in the case of facial vitiligo in young children, it is important to respond early, as some people go to the hospital only after it has deteriorated over the entire face after mistaking it for ringworm.
▲ Director Park Jin-seong (Photo = Courtesy of Woobo Oriental Clinic)
Then, how should the initial treatment of vitiligo be found and treated? Experts agree that the color change can be confirmed through a Wood light test after treatment by a specialist, and when the disease is confirmed, it is most important to provide treatment that adjusts the melanin pigment destruction to no longer occur due to the occurrence of an immune system abnormality.
Park Jin-seong, director of Mokdong Branch of Woobo Oriental Clinic, said, “Melanin pigment plays a role in protecting the skin from ultraviolet rays, and vitiligo is a disease in which melanin pigment, which makes this pigment, is destroyed, resulting in discoloration and spots on the skin.” “Vitiligo does not cause pain or itching. It is not easy to recognize the severity at an early stage and start treatment. Since vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which one’s own immune function mistakenly recognizes melanocytes as foreign substances and destroys melanocytes, it is bound to recur unless fundamental immunotherapy to increase the production capacity of destroyed melanocytes is progressed.” did.
“After all, vitiligo treatment through steady improvement of the immune system and healthy diet management can increase the improvement rate of vitiligo. It takes a long time to treat, but it is a disease that can be cured, so it is necessary to have persistence and patience.”
Reporter Kim Junsu of Medical Today (junsoo@mdtoday.co.kr)
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2023-07-17 09:29:31
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