{"id":656,"date":"2016-10-31T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/?p=656"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T13:26:22","slug":"sabes-tipo-vitiligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/blog\/sabes-tipo-vitiligo\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know which kind of vitiligo you have?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to addressing vitiligo treatment, an early diagnosis is fundamental in identifying which type of vitiligo the patient has before dealing with the different therapeutic options.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>There are two common types of vitiligo. Type A, non-segmental, and type B, segmental. The first type is three times more common than type B vitiligo (the latter is more common among paediatric patients.<\/p>\n<h2>Non-segmental vitiligo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Patches or spots not limited to a specific segment.<\/li>\n<li>Clearly symmetrical distribution.<\/li>\n<li>Appearance at any age. Early starting age in those with a family history of vitiligo (average 22 vs. 42 years of age).<\/li>\n<li>Evolution: Appearance of new patches throughout lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Low risk of other auto-immunity disorders.<\/li>\n<li>Strong family history of premature greying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Segmental vitiligo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Defined patches.<\/li>\n<li>Type B generally starts during childhood.<\/li>\n<li>Evolution: static. The appearance of new patches tends to stop after a year..<\/li>\n<li>Poliosis (small localised area of white hair) is common in eyebrows and head hair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to addressing vitiligo treatment, an early diagnosis is fundamental in identifying which type of vitiligo the patient has before dealing with the different therapeutic options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-tipos-de-vitiligo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tratamientodelvitiligo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}