How can Parents with Vitiligo Reduce the Chance of Hereditary to their Children?

The heritability of vitiligo has been the concern of all vitiligo parents, sometimes they think their vitiligo does not matter, but they are still afraid of their vitiligo is hereditary to children. Then. So, how to reduce the heritability of vitiligo? If parents can treat their vitiligo earlier, they can reduce the chance of vitiligo passing down to the next generation.

Vitiligo has a certain heredity, in order to reduce the chance of vitiligo passing to the next generation, vitiligo parents should pay attention to the following aspects:

1. If both patients have vitiligo and a family history of it, the chance of their children also having vitiligo would be greater, but children, in this case, could still not get vitiligo since genetic factors only can not trigger vitiligo.

2. Do not get pregnant and have children when the vitiligo or unstable and in the progressive stage, it could be very bad for both baby and mother.

3. Keep a good mood while pregnant, and reduce the psychological pressure: vitiligo has no direct impact on the patient's fertility, so vitiligo patients during pregnancy should calm their mind, don’t think too much which will only add to the sadness. And bad emotions will have an effect on the normal development of the fetus.

4. Pay attention to the diet balance: vitiligo patient's own immune system and metabolic abilities are abnormal, especially the disease requires patients to pay especially attention to their foods, vitiligo patients could have vitamins, protein, and trace elements lacking, during pregnancy patients must be nutritionally rich and balanced, to supplement the nutrients needed by the fetus.

5. Pregnancy should be careful with drugs: vitiligo patients during pregnancy are prohibited to use drugs that have an impact on the fetus, be cautious or do not use drugs that could have unclear effects on the safety of the fetus.

6. Listening to the advice of the doctors: the vitiligo patients who are in recovery, must consolidate a few courses of treatment, and then consider having children.