Study of the clinical and demographic characteristics of Vitiligo patients in Najaf Governorate

Abstract:Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes parts of the skin to lose their pigments. Due to the increasing incidence of the disease, especially among adolescents, the aim was to study the demographic and clinical characteristic of vitiligo patientsin Najaf province. Methods:This research included 63 vitiligo patients from the Department of Dermatology at AL-Najaf AL-Ashraf Teaching Hospital and AL-Sader Medical City, as well as 25 healthy controls of the same age and sex.Each patient group was further subdivided based on age, gender, age of illness beginning, type, severity of vitiligo disease, and family history. The physicians used Wood's lamp to identify patients according on their symptoms and clinical history. Results: Vitiligo patients had an average age of 26.68±15.39 years, according to the data. In comparison to other age groups, the percentage of vitiligo patients was greatest in the 16–30 age bracket (36.5%), followed by the under–15 age bracket (30.2%). Males accounted for 57.1% of vitiligo cases, while females accounted for 42.9%. Generalized vitiligo accounts for the highest proportion of patients (63.5%), followed by facial vitiligo (15.9%), acrofacial (11.1%), and focal (9.5%). The majority of patients (54.0%) had the condition start while they were under 15 years old, followed by those between 16 and 30 years old (23.8%), followed by those between 31 and 45 years old (12.7%) and those beyond 46 years old (9.5%). Regarding vitiligo's family history, 41.3% of patients had a family history, whilst 58.7% of patients had none. Conclusion:The majority of vitiligo patients are children and adolescents, and the majority do not have a family history.