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Congenital leucorrhea

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Introduction

Introduction Less whitehead refers to the hair that prematurely turns white and the hair is white. Western medicine is called premature white disease. It is a white-onset disease in children and youth. The cause is very complicated. There are two types, one is congenital and less whitehead, and the other is acquired whitehead.

Cause

Cause

Congenital premature white disease is mostly caused by heredity, such as hereditary premature aging, Bucco's syndrome, and Wodenberg's syndrome. There are often several generations of hereditary history in the family. Hereditary defects and albinism are also congenital. Sexually transmitted diseases. Except for acquired abnormalities, the majority of acquired skin diseases can be restored to normal after several months and years. The cause of these premature white diseases is due to genetic mutations leading to all tyrosine metabolic pathways (such as albinism) or local obstruction. Caused.

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Hair mineral examination hair growth and development test blood routine scalp examination

Clinical manifestations of less whiteheads

1. Onset in adolescents or youth.

2, the first hair has a small amount of white hair scattered, most of them appear first in the back or top of the scalp, mixed with black hair in the white.

3. Subsequently, the white hair may gradually or suddenly increase, but not all white. Some people maintain white hair for a long time without increasing.

4, generally no symptoms.

5. Suddenly, it may be related to nutritional disorders.

6, some patients after the elimination of the predisposing factors, white hair unconsciously reduced or even disappeared.

7, some people even white beards, Chinese medicine said to be white.

Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

Mainly differentiated from acquired whiteheads. There are many reasons for acquired whiteheads: malnutrition, such as lack of protein, vitamins and certain trace elements (such as copper), can make hair white; some chronic wasting diseases such as tuberculosis, due to lack of nutrition, hair It is also whiter than the average person; in some patients with long-term fever, the hair will be yellow and brittle or even white off; some endocrine diseases, such as pituitary or thyroid disorders, can affect the ability of pigment cells to produce pigment particles and cause hair to pass. Early whitening; encephalitis, neurological diseases, etc. can also make the hair white; white skin disease patients' skin, hair, eyebrows are white; skin whitening disease - "white hurricane", such as occurs on the scalp, hair also It will turn white; others believe that the more the brain is used, the sooner the hair is white; some young people have a lot of white hair in a short period of time, which is related to severe trauma or mental fatigue caused by excessive anxiety and sadness.