I-Vitiligo

Uhlolojikelele lwe-Vitiligo

I-Vitiligo yisifo esingelapheki (isikhathi eside) sokuzivikela komzimba lapho izindawo zesikhumba zilahlekelwa umbala noma umbala. Lokhu kwenzeka lapho ama-melanocyte, amangqamuzana esikhumba akhiqiza umbala, ehlaselwa futhi abhujiswe, okwenza isikhumba sibe mhlophe njengobisi.

Ku-vitiligo, amabala amhlophe ngokuvamile avela ngokulinganayo ezinhlangothini zombili zomzimba, njengakuzo zombili izandla noma amadolo womabili. Ngezinye izikhathi kungase kube nokulahlekelwa okusheshayo kombala noma i-pigment ngisho nokumboza indawo enkulu.

I-segmental subtype ye-vitiligo ayivamile kakhulu futhi yenzeka lapho amabala amhlophe eyingxenye eyodwa noma ohlangothini olulodwa lomzimba wakho, njengomlenze, uhlangothi olulodwa lobuso bakho, noma engalweni. Lolu hlobo lwe-vitiligo luvame ukuqala esemncane futhi luqhubeke phakathi kwezinyanga eziyisi-6 neziyi-12 bese luyayeka.

I-Vitiligo yisifo se-autoimmune. Ngokuvamile, amasosha omzimba asebenza kuwo wonke umzimba ukuze alwe futhi awuvikele kumagciwane, amagciwane, kanye nezifo. Kubantu abanezifo ezizimele, amangqamuzana omzimba ahlasela ngephutha izicubu zomzimba ezinempilo. Abantu abane-vitiligo bangase babe namathuba amaningi okuthuthukisa ezinye izifo ezizimele.

Umuntu one-vitiligo ngezinye izikhathi angaba namalungu omndeni anaso lesi sifo. Nakuba lingekho ikhambi le-vitiligo, ukwelashwa kungasebenza kahle kakhulu ekumiseni ukuqhubeka nokubuyisela emuva imiphumela yayo, okungasiza ngisho nokukhipha ithoni yesikhumba.

Ubani Othola I-Vitiligo?

Noma ubani angathola i-vitiligo, futhi ingakhula kunoma iyiphi iminyaka. Kodwa-ke, kubantu abaningi abane-vitiligo, amabala amhlophe aqala ukuvela ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-20 futhi angase avele ebuntwaneni.

I-Vitiligo ibonakala ivame kakhulu kubantu abanomlando womndeni walesi sifo noma kubantu abanezifo ezithile ze-autoimmune, okuhlanganisa:

• Isifo sika-Addison.
• I-anemia eyingozi.
• Psoriasis
• I-rheumatoid arthritis.
• I-Systemic lupus erythematosus.
• Isifo se-thyroid.
• Isifo sikashukela sohlobo 1.

Izimpawu ze-Vitiligo

Uphawu oluyinhloko lwe-vitiligo ukulahlekelwa umbala wemvelo noma i-pigment, ebizwa ngokuthi i-depigmentation. Amabala aphelelwe umbala angavela noma yikuphi emzimbeni futhi athinte:

• Isikhumba esinamabala amhlophe qhwa, ngokuvamile ezandleni, ezinyaweni, ezingalweni nasebusweni. Nokho, amabala angavela noma yikuphi.
• Izinwele ezingase zibe mhlophe lapho isikhumba silahlekelwe umbala. Kungenzeka ekhanda, amashiya, izinkophe, izintshebe, nezinwele zomzimba.
• Ulwelwesi lwamafinyila, isibonelo, ngaphakathi emlonyeni noma ekhaleni.

Abantu abane-vitiligo bangase bathuthuke:

• Ukuzethemba okuphansi noma ukuzethemba okungekuhle ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokubukeka, okungathinta izinga lempilo.
• I-Uveitis yigama elivamile lokuvuvukala noma ukuvuvukala kweso.
• Ukuvuvukala endlebeni.

Izinkinga ze-Vitiligo

Ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi i-vitiligo yisifo esizimele lapho amasosha omzimba ehlasela futhi abhubhise ama-melanocyte. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abacwaningi bayaqhubeka behlola indlela umlando womkhaya nezakhi zofuzo ezingase zibe nengxenye ekubangeleni i-vitiligo. Ngezinye izikhathi isenzakalo, njengokushiswa yilanga, ukucindezeleka ngokomzwelo, noma ukuchayeka ekhemikhalini, kungase kubangele i-vitiligo noma kwenze kube kubi nakakhulu.