White spot on baby face

Introduction There are white spots on the face of children, the most common cause is caused by parasitic infections in the intestines, or malnutrition. The white spot appears to be smooth, no atrophy, and no desquamation.

Cause

The most common cause is a parasite infection in the intestine. Such as: intestinal mites infected with long plaque on the face. Or caused by malnutrition. White spots caused by vitamin deficiency.

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Related inspection

Conventional blood routine routine examination

White spots are smooth, no atrophy, and there is no desquamation. Regular inspections are determinable.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis with vitiligo:

The early symptoms of vitiligo are:

First, the lesions: vitiligo is most common on the exposed skin of the human body, such as the forehead, face, neck, back of the hand and other parts; and often rubbed parts are also easy to produce, such as the waist, female chest and so on.

Second, the shape of the skin lesions: almost circular, elliptical and other irregular shapes, and some have spotted stains.

Third, the number of white spots: the number of white spots in patients with early vitiligo often is uncertain, can be single, or multiple.

Fourth, white spot symptoms: early vitiligo in the decolorized site in addition to pigmentation showed white, the patient was not aware.

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