{"id":27380,"date":"2025-03-07T04:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T23:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27380"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T03:44:31","slug":"vitiligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vitiligo\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitiligo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vitiligo Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>New research shows gut-friendly bacteria may slow vitiligo progression, offering hope for millions with autoimmune disease.<\/p>\n<h2>About Vitiligo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vitiligo (vit-ih-LIE-go) is a disease that <strong>causes loss of skin color in patches.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The condition can affect the skin <strong>on any part of the body.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>generally starts on your hands, forearms, feet and face.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The discolored areas usually <strong>get bigger with time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>also affect hair <\/strong>and the <strong>inside of the mouth.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Causes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The condition occurs when your body\u2019s <strong>immune system destroys melanocytes<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melanocytes <\/strong>are skin cells that <strong>produce melanin, <\/strong>the <strong>chemical that gives skin its color,<\/strong> or pigmentation.<\/li>\n<li>While research is ongoing to learn more about the causes of vitiligo, studies indicate that about <strong>30% of vitiligo cases are genetic.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Vitiligo <strong>affects all races and sexes<\/strong> equally. It\u2019s <strong>more visible in people with darker skin <\/strong>tones.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Globally<\/strong>, about <strong>1% of the population has vitiligo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The condition is <strong>not life-threatening or contagious.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment <\/strong>for vitiligo <strong>may restore color<\/strong> to the affected skin.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>But it <strong>doesn&#8217;t prevent <\/strong>continued loss of skin color or a <strong>recurrence<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vitiligo FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the major cause of vitiligo?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Vitiligo is primarily caused by the loss of melanocytes, the cells responsible for producing melanin, which gives skin its color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Will vitiligo be cured?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Treatment cannot cure vitiligo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. How to improve melanin in skin?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Eating vitamin C\u2013rich foods like citrus, berries, and leafy green vegetables may optimize melanin production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/harnessing-the-gut-microbiome-to-halt-vitiligo-patches\/article69297680.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitiligo is a chronic skin disorder that occurs when melanocytes, the cells responsible for producing melanin, are destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}