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A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

author:Dr. Chen Qiuxia, Department of Dermatology

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > patient self-report</h1>

As a vitiligo patient, this afternoon suddenly can't get by this name, who gave this disease this name vitiligo? This disease is just a stubborn disease, painless, itchy and contagious, just affecting the appearance, how to give such a name. If you don't grow in an exposed position, you won't see anything when your clothes are covered, and no one will know that you have this disease. But I don't fool myself, I have white spots, I can grow white spots, but I really don't want to admit that I have vitiligo!!

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

What's not to call, you have to call vitiligo, do you really think it's cool? Even if you call leukopathy, melanin loss syndrome, chronic leukemia, etc., I can accept it, can't you give the human body a little face? If I don't have vitiligo, when I hear this name, my first reaction is madness! White Crazy!! Is this a mental problem? Oh no, it's actually a skin disease.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > the origin of vitiligo's name</h1>

Vitiligo is a common and ancient disease with a long history. Between 1500 and 1000 BC, vitiligo is recorded in the Brahmanical scriptures of India. In the 13th century AD, the Egyptians had used the seeds of The Great Aramide to make powder or candied tincture to treat vitiligo, and the main ingredient of the Great Amethyme was today's 8-methyl psoralen.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

The study of vitiligo in Chinese medicine is earlier, according to the book "Fifty-two Sick Formulas" of the Western Han Dynasty, which can be traced, the book calls the current vitiligo "white no hydrosis". The Kangxi Dictionary says, "There are two kinds of purple and white." Zhou Li. The Jade Chapter calls the wind "scattered", which means that it will spread.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

The word vitiligo in modern medicine actually derives from the Latin word vitium, meaning "defect", or vi-tellus, referring to "calf white patch". In the 1st century, in the book written by Roman doctors, there is the existing Vitiligo English name vitiligo, in The Indian literature, vitiligo is called kilas (kil, white, as abandoned), and at that time, people suffering from vitiligo were treated unfairly, and vitiligo could not be priests.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the difference between vitiligo and sheep insanity</h1>

There are many people who do not quite understand the difference between vitiligo and sheep madness, and there are indeed some similarities in their pronunciation, but there is an essential difference between the two. Vitiligo is a skin disease, once the onset, will bring a lot of inconvenience and distress to the patient's life. Sheep epilepsy is what is called epilepsy, a neurological disease, and the patient will be very painful when the disease occurs. Next, we will tell the difference between the two in detail about the symptoms.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

Symptoms of vitiligo

Vitiligo is a phenomenon in which white patches grow on the body, the surface is smooth, and there are no scales or scars. However, due to the different degrees of pigmentation loss, it can be manifested as light white, milky white, porcelain white and other different degrees of white. In general, the demarcation between leukoplakia and normal skin is clear, but the edges of the leukoplakia in the advanced stage are also blurred. Some may have diffuse halos between normal skin and leukoplakia. The hairs within the white patch may be white, or they may be normal in color, or they may be half black and half white.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

Symptoms of sheep insanity

Also known as epilepsy. Because the types of epilepsy are different, the performance of seizures is also different. Common seizures are: falling to the ground, loss of consciousness, head back, eyes turned up, mouth foam, blue face, teeth and tongue biting, and sometimes accompanied by symptoms of urinary and urinary incontinence. After the onset of the attack, the course of the disease can not be recalled, and the general pain is weak.

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" > doctor's advice</h1>

Whether it's vitiligo or epilepsy, it's the body that's sick. First of all, the first point should be active treatment, looking forward to the day of recovery. Secondly, the outside world should give them enough respect and should not look at them with colored eyes, which will increase the psychological burden on patients. Finally and most importantly, the self must be positive, do not have an inferiority, negative mentality, and take out a good mentality to overcome it!

A disease whose name ruined his life — "Vitiligo" Patients self-described the origin of vitiligo's name The difference between vitiligo and sheep epilepsy Doctor's advice

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