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In some persons, certain areas of the skin lose their natural color, and completely white patches occur especially when some body is black in color.
This happens most often around the mouth, or on the hands and feet, and around the anus or genitals. Be sure that the person understands that the color loss is not a sign if leprosy, or any other serious disease.
It can be compared to white hair in order people. However , it can be very embarrassing to the person concerned, and cosmetic coloring of the skin may be advised if trouble on the face . There is no special treatment, but a curse of thiacetazone, as used TB, may help some people . In some cases the color returns by itself without treatment.
The causes of white skin patches:
Any patch of the skin that is lighter or darker in color and has no feeling when pricked with a pin is probably leprosy.
Many injuries, specially burns, cause temporary loss of the surface of the skin, with its layer if dark color ( pigment). When some deep scar Mrs heal there is no pigment in the scar tissue.
Infections, like measles, which lead yo peeling of skin, also give temporary pigment loss in the areas affected.
Onchocerciasis, in its later stages, may show patchy white areas on the front of the lower legs (shuns), often called 'leopard- skin'. Patches of skin that look like orange peel may appear on the back.
This happens most often around the mouth, or on the hands and feet, and around the anus or genitals. Be sure that the person understands that the color loss is not a sign if leprosy, or any other serious disease.
It can be compared to white hair in order people. However , it can be very embarrassing to the person concerned, and cosmetic coloring of the skin may be advised if trouble on the face . There is no special treatment, but a curse of thiacetazone, as used TB, may help some people . In some cases the color returns by itself without treatment.
The causes of white skin patches:
Any patch of the skin that is lighter or darker in color and has no feeling when pricked with a pin is probably leprosy.
Many injuries, specially burns, cause temporary loss of the surface of the skin, with its layer if dark color ( pigment). When some deep scar Mrs heal there is no pigment in the scar tissue.
Infections, like measles, which lead yo peeling of skin, also give temporary pigment loss in the areas affected.
Onchocerciasis, in its later stages, may show patchy white areas on the front of the lower legs (shuns), often called 'leopard- skin'. Patches of skin that look like orange peel may appear on the back.
