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Symptoms List

Symptoms could include:
  • Decreased Skin Pigmentation
  • Premature Gray Hair

Symptoms Overview Articles

Vitiligo
Vitiligo is more noticeable in darker skinned people because of the contrast of white patches against dark skin. There is a sudden or gradual appearance of flat areas of normal-feeling skin with complete pigment loss. Lesions appear as flat areas ...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 27, 2006
Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a condition in which a loss of cells that give color to the skin (melanocytes) results in smooth, white patches in the midst of normally pigmented skin.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Symptom Articles

Blanching of skin
Detecting changes in skin color is challenging because there is such a wide range of skin coloration in all individuals. Subtle changes like skin blanching may occur gradually over time, or there may be a sudden onset.
Source:HealthLine
Date:October 31, 2007
Skin discoloration - bluish
Cyanosis is a bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by lack of oxygen in the blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 1, 2007
Skin Color Changes
Detailed information on the most common skin color changes in a newborn
Source:StayWell
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