Glossary for White patches

Medical terms related to White patches or mentioned in this section include:

• HIV/AIDS: HIV is a sexually transmitted virus and AIDS is the progressive immune failure that HIV causes.
• Hypomelanotic disorder: Lack of pigmentation
• Hypopigmentation: Whitening of the skin from pigment loss
• Hypopigmented lesions in children:
• Leprosy: A chronic, progressive infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae which causes skin sores and also affects the eyes, mucous membranes and peripheral nerves.
• Lichen sclerosis: Disease causing leathery or dry skin in genital areas.
• Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus: A chronic skin disease characterized by shiny, white atrophic skin patches which tend to occur on the neck, genital areas, around the anus, under the breasts and in body folds.
• Morphea: A skin disease which is more common in women and consists of yellow or cream-colored, hard, waxy patches of skin.
• Oral cancer: Cancer (malignant) of the lip or inside the mouth.
• Paleness: Whitening or pallor of the skin
• Rash: Rash of any type affecting the skin.
• Skin color changes: Skin changes such as redness, blueness, or whitening.
• Skin problems: Any condition that affects the skin
• Skin symptoms: Symptoms affecting the skin.
• Tinea versicolor: A condition which is characterized by a chronic noninflammatory multiple macular patches
• Vitiligo: A condition which is characterized by chronic pigmentary changes to the skin seen by white patches
• White patches: White patches on the skin
• White skin patches: The occurrence of white patches on ones skin
• Whitening: Whitening or reduced coloring of the skin

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