Leucoderma (vitiligo) diagnosis

How is Leucoderma Diagnosed? The clinical examination of a patient with acquired, milk-white spots in typical sites is usually based diagnosis of Leucoderma it is usually patterned and symmetrical.

When a health professional assumes that a person suffer from Leucoderma (vitiligo), he/she instigates inquiring the person concerning his or her medical history. Medical history of a person includes a history of vitiligo in family, sunburn, or other skin sufferings of vitiligo before depigmentation started. The Health professional will need to know more about the patient or anyone in the patient’s family has had any autoimmune diseases.

However the doctor will observe the patient having other medical problems. The doctor may recommend a blood test or an eye examination to find out the antinuclear antibodies presence. All this help to make a precise conclusion whether the patient has another autoimmune disease