Can Visceral Diseases Cause Vitiligo ?

The literature shows that the occurrence of vitiligo is related to autoimmune diseases. Clinically, autoimmune diseases belong to the category of visceral diseases. So, can visceral diseases cause vitiligo ?

Researchers surveyed some patients with vitiligo and found that the relationship between vitiligo and some visceral diseases is not clear, but from a number of accompany diseases, gastrointestinal diseases led by gastric ulcers are the most. The occurrence of gastric ulcer is clearly related to mental and neurological factors. Relevant data confirmed that mental and neurological factors are one of the common factors inducing vitiligo. Mental tension or worry, sentiment and other adverse emotions will lead to cerebral cortex function and neuroendocrine disorders, internal environment disorders, gastric acid and pepsin secretion increase, easy to cause gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer and other digestive system diseases. Mental factors are also one of the causes of vitiligo .

Through pathological analysis , vitiligo is associated with visceral diseases. Autoimmune disorders and visceral diseases cause mental changes in the body , which can eventually induce vitiligo. In addition, once the autoimmune system and endocrine system dysfunction, can lead to a series of vitiligo complications, such as alopecia areata, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, chronic hepatitis, adrenocortical hypofunction and so on. Therefore, patients with vitiligo must pay attention to it, take timely scientific diagnosis and treatment, to avoid complications .