Vitiligo is one of the diseases that does not cause harm to human life and is considered, rather, a cosmetic defect. About 5% of the world's population suffers from disease manifestations. For many years scientists have been observing and studying the disease, but they can not say with certainty whether vitiligo can be cured. For some time, the researchers did not doubt the relationship of vitiligo with leprosy, but at the end of the 19th century this theory was disproved.
How does the disease manifest itself?
Disease is expressed in the appearance on the human body of white spots . To be more precise, melanin, a natural pigment that colors our hair, eyes and skin, disappears from the skin. It is melanin that is responsible for the tan, so beloved by many girls.
Stains with vitiligo appear spontaneously, at any age and with time increase in size, merging into islets. Hair is also discolored on the affected areas. Such symptoms cause a person to seek a remedy for vitiligo.
Causes of Vitiligo
Unfortunately, unambiguous reasons have not been identified so far. Particular attention is paid to the hereditary theory, but 100% is not proven that the disease is uniquely transmitted genetically. At the same time, it is quite accurately established that the provoking factors are:
- stressful situations;
- exorbitant sun exposure, burns;
- severe intoxication;
- frequent injuries;
- autoimmune diseases;
- infectious and helminth diseases;
- exposure to chemical toxic agents.
Clinical treatment of vitiligo
Unfortunately, due to the lack of a clearly defined cause of the onset of the disease, there is no specific treatment for vitiligo with specific methods. There is a set of methods designed to correct skin defects. Such treatment of vitiligo is carried out not at home and consists in exposure to ultraviolet irradiation with the use of photosensitizer preparations that stimulate the production of melanin. Concomitant drugs in therapy can be immunomodulators, vitamins, corticosteroids, hepatoprotectors, enzymes, antidepressants, tranquilizers, and others.
How to treat vitiligo with folk remedies?
In ancient times our ancestors did not have medicinal preparations and were saved only by means of traditional medicine, which has its secrets and for the treatment of vitiligo. In addition to regular outdoor activities, air and moderate sunbathing, treatment of vitiligo with folk remedies provides the following recipes for local and internal use:
- Tincture of red pepper . You can buy it in a pharmacy or cook yourself, mixing 5-6 pods of red pepper and 0.5 liters of vodka and insisting 1 month in a dark place. Tincture should be greased spots at least three times a day for 5 minutes, after which it is desirable to take a sun bath in the moderate sun for half an hour.
- The root juice of parsnip is also one of the folk remedies for vitiligo. It is used for rubbing into stains 2-3 times a day also before sunny
baths. - Herbal treatment is provided by folk methods of treatment of vitiligo. There are a lot of fees recommended for use, but the most popular and effective is the infusion of St. John's wort . This plant not only calms the nervous system, but also stimulates the production of pigment by the body. A couple of tablespoons of herbs are poured into a glass of boiling water and insist under the lid for at least half an hour. This infusion is advised to take before each meal of 0.5 cup. To improve the effect, you can prepare a mixture of St. John's wort, nettle, sage, plantain, juniper, calendula and chamomile.