Dr. Chang Hongshun from Huahai Vitiligo Hospital shared: Precautions for summer phototherapy

The so-called phototherapy is a method of using the biological efficacy of light to treat vitiligo. Ultraviolet light is usually used, so it is also called ultraviolet light therapy. Ultraviolet light therapy for skin diseases originated in the 1920s and has a history of nearly one hundred years. Due to the development of science and technology, the technology of artificial light sources has developed rapidly, and it is recognized as the first choice for the treatment of common skin diseases. Economical and effective treatment method. The principle of phototherapy for vitiligo is mainly through the action of ultraviolet rays, through the pores, directly inserted into the lesion area, activating the melanocytes in the lesion area, and accelerating its growth. Huahai Vitiligo Hospital reminds patients with vitiligo to pay attention to the following when receiving phototherapy in summer:

 

1. Phototherapy is only an auxiliary method, and the cure of vitiligo depends on systemic treatment

The conventional treatment of vitiligo is internal medicine + external medicine + phototherapy. Generally, narrow-band UVB treatment is used for phototherapy. However, the single use of phototherapy to treat vitiligo cannot be cured. It requires dialectical typing, staging, and drug conditioning and psychotherapy.

 

2. For phototherapy, go to a formal medical institution and receive standardized and standardized treatment

Individual patients who are afraid of the heat and do not want to go out in summer, use a hand-held small phototherapy apparatus to treat themselves at home. If the light dose or time is unscientific, it will cause adverse effects of vitiligo phototherapy, including dry skin, erythema, blisters, etc. Therefore, the vitiligo scenery treatment must be operated by professionals.

 

3. According to individual differences, the dose of UVB treatment should be adjusted continuously

The sensitivity of ultraviolet rays varies with age, gender, and location. Therefore, different people should choose different doses during phototherapy. After phototherapy, it is normal for the vitiligo to be reddish without pain or itching; if the erythema at the vitiligo is accompanied by itching and tingling, it is a phototoxic reaction of the skin caused by the excessive treatment dose.

 

Professional doctors will make adjustments from the following aspects:

 

1. Adjust the dose, lower the dose by 10%-20%;

 

2. For severe itching, stop the phototherapy once or twice, and then adjust the dose to continue treatment after the itching of the skin at the vitiligo disappears;

 

3. If the white spots has redness and swelling or even blisters due to phototherapy, the phototherapy must be stopped immediately, and drugs can be taken if necessary, and the dose can be adjusted to continue treatment after the redness and blisters disappear.

 

4. Timely hydrating and moisturizing in summer, slight discomfort does not affect the treatment

In addition to the itchy skin caused by the dose, some patients with dry skin will find peeling of the white spots after phototherapy. This phenomenon is normal. Therefore, it is recommended that patients pay more attention to hydrating and moisturizing in summer. Water bath for 20 to 30 minutes before irradiation helps to improve the curative effect, long-term treatment of dry skin and desquamation, skin care products such as moisturizer can be used externally.

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Why summer is the season for high incidence of vitiligo?

For patients with vitiligo, summer is a special season, because summer is the season of high and frequent vitiligo, and it is also the distress season for patients with vitiligo. When summer comes, people change into short shirts and enjoy the beauty of the summer. However, patients with vitiligo can only hide in hidden corners due to exposed white spots and unspeakable pain. They cannot go out and dare not see people.

In fact, everyone does not know that although summer is the season of high incidence of vitiligo, it is also the golden period of treatment. This is the principle of the so-called mutual generation and restraint of all things. Therefore, when summer comes, patients and friends should not worry and get bored. As long as everyone takes scientific protection and effective treatment, summer can also change from trouble season to recovery season. To this end, experts from Huahai Vitiligo Hospital conducted an analysis.

>> Why do we say that summer is the season for high incidence of vitiligo?

Experts from Huahai Vitiligo Hospital pointed out: According to clinical data, the visit rate of patients with vitiligo in summer is much higher than in other seasons. People often wonder why summer becomes a season of frequent occurrence and high incidence of vitiligo. In fact, there is a high incidence of vitiligo in summer for a reason.

1. High temperature sun exposure

In summer, the intensity of sunlight is high, and the ultraviolet rays are strong. Because the skin of patients with vitiligo is very fragile and sensitive, prolonged exposure to the sun will increase the function of melanocytes in the body and cause melanocyte damage. Melanin is secreted by melanocytes. When the regenerative function of melanocytes is destroyed, the tyrosinase activity in the blood of the patient will decrease, and it will not be able to provide sufficient nutrients for the synthesis of melanin, and the skin will develop white spots in the sun.

2. Excessive intake of cold drinks

The temperature rises in summer, and people sweat a lot at every turn. In order to cool off the heat, many people like to eat some cold food and drink some iced drinks. When the body consumes too much, it will cause gastrointestinal inflammation and cause internal circulation disorders in the body. Summer is the season of high incidence of vitiligo. Vitiligo patients have low immunity and weak resistance to the outside world. When the body's "internal circulation" is out of balance, it will aggravate the condition and cause the white spots to spread rapidly.

3. Large mood swings

In summer, people tend to be emotionally unstable, thinking disorder, and irritable. When you can't calm down and deal with things, you will have mixed feelings and hurt your internal organs. Chinese medicine believes that all diseases are born from qi. Vitiligo is a disease of the internal organs. When the body's blood is insufficient, it will damage the liver and kidneys and cause vitiligo to worsen.

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Coronavirus and vitiligo

Many are asking me whether individuals with vitiligo are at higher risk for contracting the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which is responsible for an ongoing pandemic. In general, the answer is no. I figured that I would take the time to write this blog while I and my family are “socially distancing” ourselves in order to slow the spread of the pandemic in our little part of the world. So, we’re stuck in our house and thinking about everyone out there who is worried about what this pandemic means for them and their loved ones.

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease of the skin, which means that someone with vitiligo has an immune system that is malfunctioning in a small way. The normal role of the immune system is to protect you from infections and cancer. Just like any trait that you may have (height, weight, hair color, etc), your genetic makeup can influence the quality and strength of your immune response. In vitiligo the immune cells are attacking the melanocytes, or pigment cells, even though the cells are not dangerous.

So just like some people are very tall, some are very short, and most are somewhere in the middle, some people have an immune system that is very strong in one area, very weak in an area, or somewhere in the middle. Individuals with vitiligo have an immune response that is too strong against their melanocytes, which results in these normal cells being killed and white spots appearing where that happened, because they can’t make pigment anymore. This is actually good from one perspective, because it means they have a lower risk of developing melanoma and other skin cancers (that’s what that part of the immune response is supposed to be doing – protecting from melanoma). So that “malfunctioning” immune system is causing white spots on your skin, but also decreasing your chances of getting skin cancer – I guess whether this is “good” or “bad” depends on your perspective. 

But in any way you look at it, it doesn’t mean that your immune system is weak because you have vitiligo. It actually means that it’s a little too strong, so you are most likely NOT more susceptible to coronavirus or any other virus. Some of my patients report that they get fewer infections than their friends and family, and this may reflect the fact that the immune system is a little overactive. But just because the immune system is overactive in one small aspect (against the melanocytes), it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s strong in every aspect, so everyone is probably a little different. But overall the take home message is that having vitiligo does not mean your immune system is weak, or that you are more likely to get an infection.

 

New Treatment Could Be 'Breakthrough' for Vitiligo

The new technology of vitiligo treatment--"black and white cured together" technology was approved to promote by the state administration of traditional chinese medicine of china .Since the national promotion on October 2009, it had been successfully serviced for hundreds of patients throughout almost 114 countries around the world, including the United States, Britain, Japan, Jordan, South Africa and so on. The success of the technology promotion rewrited the history of vitiligo treatment and bring good news to patients with vitiligo.

Vitiligo has been recognized as one of most intractable skin disease in the world. Its pathogenes is complex and treatment method is numerous. The traditional therapy treatment only aims at vitiligo parts. By this way, although it can alleviate vitiligo partly, there are still some limited problems, such as long treatment cycle, large side effects, high recurrence rate. In order to meet the general patients’ urgent demands of a more scientific, effective and safer treatment technology, the medical community has been exploring all the time.

     Binzhou Huahai Vitiligo Hospital’s technology of vitiligo treatment--"black and white cured together" , which is based on traditional Chinese medical theory and combined with modern medicine, by summing up the experience of vitiligo clinical trials, has achieved great success. The analysis of the etiology and pathogens about vitiligo has carried on the systematical research, making a breakthrough in vitiligo treatment with the new technology. The technology shows that it can activate tyrosine’s activity, regulate the immune system, improve microcirculation, promote the melanin cell adhesion and migration and melanin synthesis; Clinical observation showed that the technology has the  characteristics of quick effect, short course of treatment, high cure rate, green security. It has a magical effect on various types of vitiligo, especially vitiligo with large area and long term. This technology’s curative effect has achieved international leading level. It solved the difficult problem of vitiligo effectively and created a new era of scientific treatment of vitiligo.

Binzhou Huahai Vitiligo Hospital enjoys a high reputation in vitiligo field. It is the vitiligo reseach and demonstration base of the united nations’ related institution. And by the support of China’s ministry of civil affairs, Huahai Vitiligo Hospital has achieved the name of “national advanced unit of self-discipline and good faith construction”. Moreover, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine approved it as a "national excellent institutions of traditional Chinese medicine, under the Chinese ministry of science and technology torch high-tech torch plan, the core technology award a number of national patients, and be included in the national non-material cultural heritage protection projects. Deputy speaker of the Ninth National People's Congress standing committee, Jiang Zhenghua, vice chairman of CPPCC(the Chinese people's political consultative conference nine conference)Sun Fuling , give the technology high admission. And a number of authoritative medias in China central television reported the hospital’s vitiligo treatment technology.

 

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What fruits can not be eaten by vitiligo patients ?

Vitiligo patients should eat less or not fruits rich in vitamin C, such as tomatoes, oranges, cherries, grapefruit, hawthorn, kiwi, strawberries, etc., because vitamin C is a pigment inhibitor that affects the activity of tyrosinase, and then Interfering with the synthesis of skin melanin ,can interrupt the production of melanin and aggravate the condition of vitiligo, so vitiligo patients   should not eat more.

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Here are ways to help if your child has vitiligo

Here are ways to help if your child has vitiligo:

Sunscreen. One of the most important things your child can do is wear sunscreen every day to protect against skin cancer. And because vitiligo spots can't tan (they have no melanin), they may burn and scar. Getting a tan on the rest of the body will only highlight white patches even more, especially if a child has light skin.

Cosmetics. Different kinds of over-the-counter concealers are available. Ask your doctor for recommendations and try different brands until you find the one that works best for your child.

Corticosteroid creams. Corticosteroids are a type of medication which, when applied to white patches very early in the disease, may help to "repigment" the skin. They reduce the inflammation that causes a loss of pigment so that pigmented cells can return to the skin. Some non-steroidal creams also produce a similar effect.

Photochemotherapy with ultraviolet A (also known as PUVA). PUVA has two steps: first, a medicine called psoralen is either applied to the white patches of skin or taken orally; then, the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light, sometimes from the sun but usually from an artificial source, like a UVA lamp. This turns the affected skin pink, which in time tends to fade to a more natural (often slightly darker) color. There are side effects, which may include severe sunburn and skin blistering. Other side effects may be more serious, so talk to your doctor about the risks involved.

Narrow-band ultraviolet B (UVB) therapy. This treatment is more widely used than PUVA. It's similar to PUVA, except that the ultraviolet light used is UVB instead of UVA. Also, no psoralen is required beforehand, which eliminates some of the side effects.

Researchers are also looking into a new procedure called a melanocyte transplant. It works by removing a sample of normally pigmented skin and using it to grow new melanocytes in the lab. These can then be transplanted back into the depigmented skin to return some of the missing color.

 

When deciding which, if any, treatment to try, be wary of quick-fix "miracle" remedies you might see advertised. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Always work with your child's doctor to help you decide what's best for your son or daughter.

 

Dealing With the Emotional Impact

If your child has vitiligo, you know that even though it isn't dangerous to his or her physical health, it can still be a big deal. Any condition that makes kids look different from their peers can be emotionally tough, especially during the preteen and teen years when everyone's trying so hard to fit in.

 

Some kids are naturally more resilient and do just fine against these challenges. But others need a bit more help. As a parent you can do a lot to arm your child with confidence and self-esteem. Here are a few tips:

 

Don't focus on the vitiligo or put pressure on your child to cover it up. He or she needs to know your love and acceptance are unconditional.

Remind your child of all the things at which he or she excels — and how they have nothing to do with skin color.

Teach your child to be comfortable explaining what vitiligo is — and isn't — to other kids. Once the mystery is taken away, most kids will stop staring and asking questions.

Encourage your child to say yes to play dates, pool parties, trips, and any other experiences he or she might be tempted to pass on because of the vitiligo.

Urge your son or daughter to volunteer or get involved in the community. Giving back makes kids feel powerful.

Finally, get emotional support if your child needs it — especially if you see any signs of withdrawal, depression, or anxiety. Counselors, therapists, and vitiligo support groups can help.

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How to choose a right hospital for vitiligo treatment

 

Vitiligo as a difficult disease, although its symptoms appear on the surface of the skin, it is actually a disease inside the body. Due to the complex etiology of vitiligo, it is necessary to carry out scientific testing, systematic treatment, and cooperate with the best treatment plan after the get vitiligo. Some people are eager to seek medical treatment after they get vitiligo and blindly seek medical treatment, resulting in a lot of money and no cure. For this reason, experts in Huahai Vitiligo Hospital analyzed this phenomenon.

>> Superstitious hospitals and credulous advertisements delay the best time for treatment

 

Experts pointed out that vitiligo is a difficult disease, and the treatment effect of patients depends on whether the doctor has identified the cause and then establish a scientific treatment plan according to the type of vitiligo.

In real life, many patients rely too much on the gorverment hospitals after getting sick. However, they do not know that these large hospitals are not necessarily very professional in treating vitiligo. Because of the dermatology of a general hospital, doctors have to look at more than 1,000 diseases, and it is difficult to master every disease. At the same time, the general hospital uses only conventional drugs on the market for the treatment of patients. Most of these drugs are hormonal drugs. The development is temporarily controlled after taking it. Once the drug is stopped, it will continue to develop and cause other complications.

Some patients with vitiligo, even though they did not choose a large hospital, were easily convinced of the advertisements made in the media. Some vitiligo hospitals now do not have their own core technology, but rely on advertising packaging. Most of the doctors who are consulted internally are medical staff recruited from the local area, and some have never been exposed to vitiligo before sitting. It is unrealistic to rely on them to cure the disease.

In addition, because some patients with vitiligo have not undergone strict scientific testing and classification, they can go to the pharmacy to buy some external medicines after treatment, and even treat them with home remedies and earthwork. As a result, the disease was not cured, but caused serious toxic and side effects, delaying the best time for treatment.

To this end, experts from Huahai Vitiligo Hospital reminded: If you have vitiligo, you must keep a clear head and do not blindly seek medical treatment or self-treatment, because if the treatment method is wrong, even if you have money, you cannot cure vitiligo.

>> Find the right technology and scientific treatment to completely cure vitiligo

 

Vitiligo belongs to the dominant disease of Chinese medicine treatment. Experts suggest that you choose Chinese medicine treatment after get vitiligo. Chinese medicine believes that although vitiligo is reflected on the surface of the skin, the root cause of the disease is in the viscera, which is closely related to the overall health of the person. Therefore, in the diagnosis and treatment, we should collect the systemic symptoms, signs, tongue and pulse signs other than white spots by the traditional Chinese medicine means of looking, smelling, asking, and cutting, and use the etiology and pathogenesis of traditional Chinese medicine, the theory of traditional chinese treatment, Pulse theory and other theories, comprehensive analysis, induction, syndrome differentiation, and finally diagnose the syndrome type. With different treatments and drugs, each patient gets the best plan that best suits his own characteristics. Huahai Vitiligo Hospital has been specializing in the treatment of vitiligo for 26 years. It has cured many patients with large area and stubborn type of vitiligo. It is a reliable choice for the majority of patients.

What to do if you get vitiligo

What to do if you get vitiligo
The first thing to know is that vitiligo can be cured
Go to a professional hospital to find out the cause in time
Seize the opportunity for early treatment and be patient
Maintain a positive attitude and face the disease
Develop good habits
Huahai vitiligo hospital wishes you a speedy recovery