Leucoderma (Safed Daag) and Stress factor with Dr. Nitika Kohli

Skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system.Skin protects us from microbes and the elements, helps regulate body temperature, and permits the sensations of touch, heat, and cold. Do you know if you take lots of stress it affects your skin too? 

Stress doesn't just effect our health it can also cause skin problems. Skin disorders vary greatly in symptoms and severity. They can be temporary or permanent, and may be painless or painful. Some have situational causes, while others may be genetic. Stress is the trigger of many diseases especially in vitiligo case, in which the main cause is autoimmune problem that is hereditary, stress adds to defective aspects of this disease. Stress is not the only trigger. Vitiligo is worsen by sunburn, exposure to industrial chemicals as well.

 

Vitiligo, one of the skin disorder affects a whole person life. This disease not only affects personal life as well as professional life too. Patients who are suffering from this disease are in continuous state of stress. Oxidative Stress is an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the body’s ability to remove the free radicals from the body or detoxify their effects. Ordinarily, antioxidants are used to remove excess oxidation from the body, but if the balance is upset, strange conditions can occur- just like vitiligo.

 

Stress is the root cause of several diseases. If you are suffering from vitiligo and due to which you take lots of stress. Don’t be panic. As we are all familiar with the proverb “Prevention is Better Then Cure” . Yes vitiligo van be cured completely but one has to follow diet restrictions with positive attitude along with medicines.

A few minutes of meditation practice per day can help ease anxiety and stress. Stress-relief techniques focus on relaxing your mind and your body and helps you to cope up with the kin problems as well especially “Vitiligo”. 

Marriage and White Patches (Safed Daag)

When it comes to marry, people always find beautiful partner. Marriage is the intimate union and equal partnership of a man and a woman. It is a beautiful word which unites two people of different sex, casts and religion. But if you are suffering from any disorder like Safed Daag  it becomes difficult for you to get married.

India is a country which is full of several narrow minded people. They thought marrying with people who are suffering from skin conditions make them embarrass or feel shame in the society. So they neglect to marry with the affected person. Vitiligo, Safed Daag, Kod, Phulvari. call it by any name, it is the most socially dreaded condition. This skin condition itself is simply an appearance of white patches on the skin, which are initially small and slightly lighter than the surrounding skin. Millions of people of all races and  ethnicities worldwide have Vitiligo. Often referred to as "white leprosy," women with it are often discriminated against in marriage; if they develop Vitiligo after marriage, it can be grounds for divorce. More than man, women of marriageable age faced this disorder. It becomes very difficult for them to find a good life partner for them.

Many people with vitiligo faced difficulty to find a partner. Though the stigma has reduced over the years, people still haven't opened up enough to marry someone with the problem. Hence it is life-changing even though it is neither contagious nor life-threatening. Those afflicted with Vitiligo and their families face social stigmatization leading to low self-esteem, anxiety, embarrassment, anger and even serious depression.

If an unmarried girl or boy starts getting White Patches, firstly she or he faces the problem of marriage proposals, especially in those countries where arranged marriages are still more common.
As people are not aware about leucoderma (white patches) and its causes, they feel scared of relating with the white patches affected individuals. Mostly, they reject proposals of Leucoderma or White Patches affected patients. 

Vitiligo is not a serious condition but it can be improved if a person take proper medication and follow proper diet. If you are suffering from white patches and faces difficulty to find a suitable partner. Don’t worry s a team of aimil healthcare and research center we are here to help you.

Our Ayurveda expert, Doctor Nitika Kohli has given Cosmetics Tips for unmarried girl or boy:
• Avoid use of chemicals
• Use Herbal Products at most
• Avoid harsh sunlight
• Use full sleeve clothes and umbrella in the harsh sunlight
• In marriage, use herbal cosmetics rather than chemicals

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Milk Products and White Patches

In our society, people thought that who are suffering from White Patches they should not eat whitish edible things.  Especially milk and milk Products, today we’ll know more about that thought that how much that fact are true?

Leucoderma is acquired disorder of pigmentation mainly affecting the skin in which loss of functioning of melanocyte results in white patches on the skin with varying size and location. If you have any query or ask any question to relevant this skin ailment, you can contact Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre or directly call to Dr. Nitika Kohli (numbers are flashing in your TV screen).
Are all milk products harmful for vitiligo patients?

No, but now days it had made views of people that whitish edible things should be avoided by affected people. All milk products are not harmful for vitiligo patients. 
In Ayurveda, it is mentioned that milk can be taken with a gap of 2 hours from food. If you take milk and radish, milk and salt together they produce white patches.
Which are the milk products that should be avoided?

Particularly, those products are made by milk fermented product like curd, butter milk because these products are created obstruction to synthesis of melanin. Milk fermentation products should be avoided by vitiligo patients they produce white spots and create a problem in the treatment of leucoderma.

If you are suffering from White Patches you can send your white spots images or affected areas photos in our e-mail and can start Ayurvedic Treatment of leucoderma from Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre. Get the Ayurvedic Treatment and control your diabetes with healthy lifestyle For more Watch and Subscribe this Video.

Or if you want to ask any query regarding the problems you are facing by Diabetes you can ask with Dr. Nitika Kohli our Ayurveda Expert . 

Milk Products and White Patches

In our society, people thought that who are suffering from White Patches they should not eat whitish edible things.  Especially milk and milk Products, today we’ll know more about that thought that how much that fact are true?

Leucoderma is acquired disorder of pigmentation mainly affecting the skin in which loss of functioning of melanocyte results in white patches on the skin with varying size and location. If you have any query or ask any question to relevant this skin ailment, you can contact Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre or directly call to Dr. Nitika Kohli (numbers are flashing in your TV screen).
Are all milk products harmful for vitiligo patients?

No, but now days it had made views of people that whitish edible things should be avoided by affected people. All milk products are not harmful for vitiligo patients. 
In Ayurveda, it is mentioned that milk can be taken with a gap of 2 hours from food. If you take milk and radish, milk and salt together they produce white patches.
Which are the milk products that should be avoided?

Particularly, those products are made by milk fermented product like curd, butter milk because these products are created obstruction to synthesis of melanin. Milk fermentation products should be avoided by vitiligo patients they produce white spots and create a problem in the treatment of leucoderma.

If you are suffering from White Patches you can send your white spots images or affected areas photos in our e-mail and can start Ayurvedic Treatment of leucoderma from Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre. Get the Ayurvedic Treatment and control your diabetes with healthy lifestyle For more Watch and Subscribe this Video.

Or if you want to ask any query regarding the problems you are facing by Diabetes you can ask with Dr. Nitika Kohli our Ayurveda Expert . 

Relation Between Blood Pressure And Blood Sugar With Dr. Nitika Kohli | Aimil Healthcare

Diabetes Mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that acts like a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells in the body to produce energy. All carbohydrate foods are broken down into glucose in the blood. Insulin helps glucose get into the cells.

Symptoms of diabetes

The main symptoms of diabetes are:

• Increased thirst

• Frequently needing to go to the toilet, especially at night

• Extreme tiredness

• Weight loss

• Blurred vision

What are the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure?

High Blood Pressure usually has no signs or symptoms, so the only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have yours measured. 

However, a single high reading does not necessarily mean you have high blood pressure.Mostly Diabetic Patients have blood pressure and thyroid diseases. There is a strongly relation between blood pressure and blood sugar.These diseases are lifestyle disorders in human being.

If diabetes is not controlled, it can cause serious damage to your kidneys, eyes, nervous system, heart and blood vessels. Ayurveda Treatment for diabetes aims to avoid this by keeping blood sugar levels as near to normal as possible in safe way. Having diabetes raises your risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and other health problems. Having high blood pressure also raises this risk. If you have diabetes and high blood pressure together, this raises your risk of health problems even more.

Know more information you can contact Aimil Healthcare and Research Center and ask any query to relevant this disorder. Get the Ayurvedic Treatment and control your diabetes with healthy lifestyle. For more Watch and Subscribe this Video.

Or If you want to ask any query regarding the problems you are facing by Diabetes you can ask with Dr. Nitika Kohli our Ayurveda Expert . 

Keep Peaceful And Support People With Vitiligo : World Vitiligo Day

Vitiligo is an acquired disorder of pigmentation mainly affecting the skin in which loss of functioning of melanocyte results in white patches on the skin with varying size and location. Usually leucoderma and vitiligo are known to be synonyms but many authors have said that progressive stage of leucoderma is considered as vitiligo. Causes of leucoderma may be a combination of genetic, immunologic, biochemical and neurogenic factors. Leucoderma or vitiligo is considered as a social stigma in our country. Affected individuals are always in constant depression with feeling of being socially outcast.

Leucoderma or vitiligo does not differentiate between races, sex, religion or even socio-economic groups. Anyone can develop this condition. Of the 1% of world's population suffering from leucoderma, 8.8% of the cases are recorded in India. Leucoderma may affect any part of the body. 30% patients have a family history of Leucoderma wherein 20% may have the condition of an underlying disease. Almost 95% develop the condition before the age of 40. Ayurvedic Treatment plan start with measures to arrest the ongoing aggravation of dosha in the body. Digestive tract is targeted first with implementation of appropriate diet. Once all Etiological factors have been addressed, proper elimination of Toxins and balancing of Dosha are the primary focus areas for Switra. The prime aim is to eradicate the Etiological factors. Ayurveda offers a comprehensive approach to successfully treating the disease. The main aim for each and every treatment of Ayurveda is to treat the root cause. The key for restoring the health of Vitiligo patient is only described in ayurveda which includes physical, Mental and Social Health.

The quest to cure the Leucoderma (vitiligo) has finally ended with the development of a new herbal product under the brand name "LUKOSKIN", with extensive studies by the scientists of Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani, a laboratory of DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. 'LUKOSKIN is a patented and proprietary formulation developed by defense Agricultural Research laboratory (DARL) a wing of defence research & development organization (DRDO) after exhaustive scientific studies establishing its efficacy and safety in the patients of Leucoderma.

The main challenges faced in treating Leucoderma are to modulate immunity, improve the lifestyle and dietary habits of the patient and the most important challenge of all is to fight the social stigma that the patients go through, changing social misconception about Leucoderma. With the development of a research product by DRDO, Lukoskin, it is now possible to treat leucoderma ,a so called incurable disease. Now it is possible to treat old cases to a great extent and provide complete cure in new leucoderma cases.

In future, early detection and right treatment will protect the new generation from this social stigma.With the development of a research product by DRDO, Lukoskin, it is now possible to treat leucoderma ,a so called incurable disease. Now it is possible to treat old cases to a great extent and provide complete cure in new leucoderma cases. In future, early detection and right treatment will protect the new generation from this social stigma .

Anxiety And White Patches (Safed Daag) With Dr. Nitika Kohli

Vitiligo also known as leucoderma is a chronic disorder that causes depigmentation of patches of skin. Leucoderma is acquired disorder of pigmentation mainly affecting the skin in which loss of functioning of melanocyte results in white patches on the skin with varying size and location.

VITILIGO & LEUCODERMA are two different terms used for the same skin disease. But, there exists causative difference between these two. Literally ‘Leucoderma’ means ‘white skin’. Terming it a disease is not appropriate because it does not cause any organic default and it starts without any symptom. So, basically it is a ‘skin disorder’.

Leucoderma is a multi-factorial disease and hence there are many factors which cause formation or spreading of white patches. When you faced Anxiety more and more White Patches are spread quickly.Most of the time every patients face anxiety and some of the patients accept this condition. Many patients feel nervous when faced with a problem of white patches.But with treatment, many patients can manage those feelings and get back to a fulfilling life.

The patients stress and anxiety causes an obstacle in the patient's personal relationships, careers, or social functioning. Stress plays an important role in precipitating autoimmune diseases in patients predisposed to them. Anxiety disorders are different, though. They can cause such distress that it interferes with your ability to lead a normal life.

 

Centella asiatica is unique herbs which play a vital role for treatment of leucoderma. Centella asiatica (Mandookparni) has liver restoring properties which gradually improves the auto-immune system and simultaneously exerts soothing effect on CNS(Central Nervous System), thus helps improve Psycological and Emotional trauma in the patients. The scientific study revealed immune-modulating activity of Centella asiatica (Mandookparni) with regards to both non-specific cellular and humoral immune response.

Watch above this video and how to treat your anxiety and White Patches with helpful tips and you can take guidance from our leucoderma experts Dr. Nitika Kohli.

Ayurveda Treats White Patches (Safed daag) safely

White patches, or Safed daag; is a pigmentation ailment of skin. Leucoderma (Safed Daag) or Vitiligo is a common skin disease in which there is a gradual loss of the pigment melanin from the skin layers which results in white patches. These patches become enlarge as the time passes.

Vitiligo is an acquired sudden loss of the inherited skin color. Despite its long recognition, the cause of this disorder is still unknown. Vitiligo is never a contagious disease, but infective agents may apparently play an indirect role in some cases.In Ayurveda, it is clearly mentioned that use of incompatible food can cause development of white patches. Incompatible foods like milk and fish, milk and radish, milk and salt when taken together they produce toxins.

Ayurvedic Treatment at Aimil Healthcare and Research Centre for leucoderma starts with the arrest on the ongoing disturbances in the body. Digestive tract is targeted first with implementation of appropriate diet. The proper elimination of the toxins and balancing the disturbances are the primary focus areas for Leucoderma.

Healthy Diet restriction has much important role in Vitiligo and Leucoderma. Vitiligo & Leucoderma treatment also require food restriction for proper healing of patches. The diet restriction also helps in control of spread in Vitiligo.

If you are suffering with vitiligo or leucoderma and are seeking treatment, call Aimil Healthcare Clinics now to book a consultation with one of our experienced leucoderma specialist Dr. Nitika Kohli and get your treatment plan started today.

Symptoms and Causes of Leucoderma

Leucoderma also known as Vitiligo is a rare Skin Disease characterized by white spots and patches.The white patch or spot is called as Leucoderma and when it occurs without any preceding disease,it is called Vitiligo.

What causes Leucoderma?

The actual cause of this condition is still unknown, but surely, beliefs like eating unhealthy or wrong food combination like fish and milk, pumpkin and milk, onion and milk, or any citrus or acid foods after milk are not the reasons although toxicity affects somewhere but there are not the prime cause. This problem mainly occurs when the skin stops producing melanin, a skin pigment that protects the skin from harsh sun radiations. This can occur because of following reasons:

a) Pityrosporum orbiculare, the yeast that causes Tinea versicolor which is present on skin in normal  condition and regular maintenance of hygiene rids this skin from this.

b) Excessive Mental Worry.

c) Heredity- Heredity is also a well-recognized causative factor. Vitiligo sometimes has hereditary reasons also. On the other hand hereditary factor is responsible only 10 to 20% of the reason.

d) Weak immune system due to:
      •    Chronic gastric disorders
      •    Insecticide and pesticides in green vegetables can harm immunity and cause Vitiligo.
      •    Jaundice
      •    Presence of parasites in the alimentary canal.
      •    Performance of physical exercise in excessive heat and after taking very heavy meals                                      
      •    Regular stress or sudden trauma
      •    Improper hygiene is considered to be the most acceptable known reason for autoimmunity according to Ayurveda .

e) Lifestyle- Prolonged hours of swimming in chlorinated swimming pools can react over skin and form white spots.
      •    Skin trauma
      •    Sunburn
      •    Burn injuries
      •    Suppression of natural urges
      •    Other illnesses like diabetes, hyperthyroidism and addison's disease.

What are the symptoms of leucoderma?

a) Small White Patch Appear in Beginning - The problem usually starts with a small white spot which later develops into patches. These patches are pale in the beginning, but become whiter and whiter as time passes by due to loss of pigment. As the spots enlarge, they merge into each other and, in course of time, form a very broad patch. In some cases, most of the skin of the body may be covered with white patches.

b) Flat spots that range in color from white to pink to tan and brown appear over the upper arms, chest,back,neck and face.They vary greatly in size,from as small as four to five millimeters in diameter to large areas of confluence.

c) Apart from these signs, some others are given below:

       • Alopecia or loss of hair 

       • Premature graying of hair

       • Along with skin, the hair growing on the affected skin also turns white,

       • Sensitivity towards cold,

       • Weakness and fatigue

       • Skin irritation when exposed to sun's rays or chemicals.

Psychological Issues Faced By Vitiligo Patients

Vitiligo or Safed Daag is an important skin disease having major impact on psychology of patients. People who are affected from this disease feel stressed and often went in state of depression due the stigma attached with this disease. Patients suffering from this disease have somewhat untouchable status in the society, they do not accepted as the normal individual. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder of greater concern affecting 1-4% population of the world.

Since ancient times patients with Vitiligo suffered the same mental abuses as lepers. While vitiligo affects all the races it is more commonly seen in people with dark skinned. Due to patchy skin person affected from Vitiligo have a different physical appearance it creates problem especially in young people during  the time of their marriage. These people face problem while finding suitable life-partners, &  as a result face hurdles in their marriage, especially in those countries where arranged marriages are still more common.

Vitiligo has become a major concern these days because it creates a state of depression & stress in people. Due to the preconceived notion among the people vitiligo is took as a communicable disease and  spread if they came in contact with that person.  But  the reality is way more different this disease do not spread through physical contact; touch, kiss, eating from same plate, or intercourse etc.

Doctors and many NGOs, brings awareness & acceptance about Vitiligo affected individuals in the society. People must understand that Safed Daag or Vitiligo is not a serious issue. This is can be cured if a  patient is under  proper surveillance & treatment.  The condition worsen when people use any toxic cosmetics and wrong home remedies like applying turmeric etc.