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A girl(ash) whose elder sister has leucoderma.suggest me that even ash or her children will suffer problem of leucoderma after their marriage.
(26 Feb 2008)

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Health Advice on Leucoderma

Yes, the girl and her elder sister’s children after marriage can suffer from leucoderma if her sister is suffering from leucoderma.

Leucoderma is a skin disease that is characterized by the formation of white patches on the skin. The term itself means white skin.


In this skin condition, skin loses the pigment melanin, a pigment responsible for imparting color to the skin. This loss of melanin results in white patches on the skin.

Some of the other apparent causes of lecoderma are emotional stress, sunburns, physical illness, worms and heredity factors.


This is not infectious but is can result due to genetic factors. Genetic factors are mainly responsible for transferring the infections. If any person in the family has this skin condition, then other members of the family can be affected by the genes present in the family tree.

Ask her elder sister to cure leucoderma using the following home remedies if wants to deliver a healthy baby after her marriage:

  • Apply a paste of babchi and tamarind seeds on the white patches.
    Avoid stress, anxiety and depression. This will definitely help you improve the condition.
  • Drink water from copper vessel.
  • Ginger juice acts as a stimulant and helps in increasing blood flow to patches.
  • Ginger leaves poultice can be applied over the infected patches.
  • Curry made of Bathu is also beneficial. You can even extract juice of Bathu and apply over the white patches.
answered by J on 25 Feb 2008, 11:28:51

 

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