Leucoderma (Vitiligo) - Causes, Symptom, Cure, Treatment of Leucoderma (Vitiligo)
What is Leucoderma (Vitiligo)?
Lecucoderma, also known as vitiligo, is a distressing skin condition. The word Lecucoderma means ‘
white skin’. There is a gradual loss of pigment melanin from the skin layers which results in white
patches. These patches look ugly, especially in persons with dark complexions. Lecucoderma can occur at any age in either sex in normal skin.
Information on Leucoderma Disease
Lecucoderma does not cause any organic harm. It , however, brings about great psychological
tension to the patient who is more embarassed than the victim of any pain or discomfort. Lecucoderma disease thus, besides being a medical problem, also becomes a social stigma.
Leucoderma is a fairly common disorder and it affects one per cent or more of the world’s population. The incidence is a little higher in India. Lecucoderma is, however, more common in women than men. The most affected areas are the hands, the neck, the back and the wrist in that order.
Symptom of Leucoderma (Vitiligo)
Lecucoderma usually starts with a small white spot and later on it develops into patches. These
patches are pale in the beginning but become whiter and whiter as time passes due to loss of
pigment. As spots enlarge, they merge into each other and, in course of time, form a very broad
patch. In some cases, most of the skin of the body may be covered with white patches in Lecucoderma.
Causes of Leucoderma (Vitiligo)
Many wrong beliefs are prevalent about the causes of leucoderma. It is not caused by eating fish
and drinking milk at the same time, as is generally believed because even vegetarians suffer
from this disorder. Other food combinations such as pumpkin and milk, onion and milk as
possible causes of leucoderma also have no basis.
Leucoderma is not caused by any germs ; nor is it due bad blood. It is neither infectious nor
contagious. It cannot be transmitted from one person to another by physical contact.
The main causes of Leucoderma (Vitiligo) are
- excessive mental worry,
- chronic or acute gastric disorder,
- impaired hepatic function such as jaundice,
- worms or other parasites in the alimentary canal,
- ailments like typhoid which affect the gastrointestinalm tract,
- defective perspirative mechanism
and burn injuries.
Often the hormone secreting glands are involved in Leucoderma. Heredity is
also a causative factor and about 30 per cent of patients have a family history of the disorder.
Treatment and Cure of Leucoderma (Vitiligo)
In nature cure, the treatment (cure) of Leudoderma consists of adoption of constitutional measures to
cleanse the system of accumulated toxins. This enables the healing power within the body to
assert itself, and produce normalcy.
To begin with the treatment of Leucoderma, the patient should undertake a fast on juices
for about a week. IN this regimen, he or she should take fruit or vegetable juices, diluted with
water on 50 : 50 basis every two or three hours from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. The bowels should
be cleansed daily with warm water during this period.
After the juice fast, the patient of Leucoderma may adopt a restricted diet consisting of fresh fruits, raw or
steamed vegetables and whole meal bread or chappaties. Curd and milk may be added to this
diet after a few days.
The patient may thereafter gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet of
seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits. The large proportion of the diet should consist of
raw foods. Seeds and beans such as alfalfa, mung and soyabeans canbe sprouted. This diet
may be supplemented with cold-pressed vegetable oils, honey and yeast. Juice fasting may be
repeated at intervals of two months.
Prevention tips for Leucoderma (Vitiligo) Cure
1. The patient should avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages
and all condiments and highly flavoured dishes.
2. He or she should also avoid sugar, white flour
products, denatured cereals like polished rice and pearled barley and tinned or bottled foods.
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