How to tame vitiligo
How to tame Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a notorious disease which tends to spread and replicate into large patches. Normally it is seen after onset it spreads like anything. Tendency of spreading is being categorized as per further spread speed of vitiligo. These are the most common patterns of vitiligo spreading.
#1. SPORDIAC SPREADING
In such kind of spreading small dots appear in a segment and then try to merge into each other forming a large patch.
#2. CLOUD SPREADING
In such kind of spreading a patch appears with diminished pigmentation just like pigmentation is getting absorbed from inside and cloudlike structure of half faded skin appears on and around the patch. This is considered the most dangerous kind of spreading as large areas get faded.
#3. GENERALIZED SPREADING
This is the most common pattern of vitiligo spreading. In such kind of spreading a patch in larges from its boundaries and becoming larger this kind of pattern could occur in multiple segments that’s why it is called generalized pattern. This is the most common pattern of vitiligo spread across patients.
Now the question arises, how to tame vitiligo? How can the spreading of Vitiligo be stopped?
How to Stop Vitiligo?
# The daily food habits and hygiene of a person can have adverse effects on her/his immunity.
# Apart from all these food habits some lifestyle habits are also seen responsible for vitiligo spreading.
# Unstable Thyroid could lead to vitiligo spread.
# Disturbed Liver parameters like SGPT, SGOT could also be responsible for Vitiligo Spreading.
# Lower Vitamin D3 & Vitamin B12 levels are also responsible for Vitiligo spreading as seen in large number of cases.
# The use of steroids or cortisones in medications has also been observed to aggravate the spread of vitiligo in some cases.
# In small children, prolonged uses of antibiotics also suppress immunity which could be an important reason for vitiligo spread.
# Over and prolonged exposure to daytime sunlight can cause sun burn & seen converting into vitiligo in some cases.
# Mental instability, stress, depression can affect adversely and have triggered Vitiligo spreading in cases.
Spread control in vitiligo can be done by working on these mentioned ailments.
# Maintaining food and hygiene as per specialist recommendation can help. Vitamin C rich food has negative effect on vitiligo as they are responsible for lowering down pigmentation rate. Stopping these will help in spread control.
# Food items containing fermented or yeasted items are also seen to lowering pigmentation rate. Barring these from food may be in spread control in vitiligo.
# Lifestyle related activities like chlorinated water swimming aggravates vitiligo. Stopping these activities may result into slowing down of vitiligo spread. Similarly, water park visits could also trigger vitiligo spreading. Better not to indulge in such activities may help in stopping vitiligo.
# Frequent uses of antibiotics in small children may tend to suppress immunity which could lead to auto immune syndrome as vitiligo is an auto immune syndrome.
# Wearing products made from low quality plastic like sleepers, adhesive in bindi and other elastin/tight fitting clothes may cause allergy to the skin.
# Eating non vegetarians food items in plenty may slow down the pigmentation rate. Stopping these will help in spreading vitiligo.
# Similarly adding milk with or after fish / red meat / chicken can form toxins inside the body. Immunity system could react to this and may cause auto immune syndrome such as vitiligo. Avoiding such combination will help in stoppage of vitiligo.
Taming Vitiligo with Ayurvedic Medicine
As said vitiligo is only related to immune system disturbances. Ayurvedic medicines for vitiligo treatment working on the immune system are great help in stoppage of vitiligo. These medicines have potential to not only stop the spread but also restart the pigmentation work known as melanogenesis.
There are 2 processes which should run parallelly.
1. Immune improvement through the immune improvement channel, restoration of lost immunity by either food habits, correction in food habits or by yoga and pranayama. The medicines from ayurveda which has a nature to detox the body system by default may help in spreading control in vitiligo.
2. Pigmentation- Pigmentation is one of the features caused by ayurvedic medicines by activation of melanocytes. The dormancy of melanin producing cells gets treated with the help of Ayurvedic herbs.
