Vitiligo linked to stigmatization in British South Asian women: a qualitative study of the experiences of living with vitiligo

Thompson, Andrew R.; Clarke, S. A.; Newell, Robert; Gawkrodger, David J.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09828.x

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“…psoriasis) (31,32). The disfigurement, which is caused by skin diseases like vitiligo and psoriasis lead to high levels of experienced stigmatisation and shame (32,33). The feeling of being stigmatised again potentially causes high levels of psycho-social stress and has considerable impact on the patients' QoL especially on an emotional level (16,34), a state which again can be associated with a higher vegetative arousal.…”

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Autonomic Nervous Tone in Vitiligo Patients – A Case-control Study

Trapp¹,

Trapp²,

Sampogna³

et al. 2015

Acta Derm Venerol

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In this cross-sectional, exploratory case-control study the vegetative arousal in vitiligo patients compared to an age and gender matched healthy control group was assessed. Forty-eight participants (24 outpatients with generalised vitiligo and 24 healthy controls) completed a test procedure consisting of an initial period of rest (R1), a defined mental stress task (the d2 test of attention), a second period of rest (R2) followed by an individually, age adapted physical stress task (bicycle ergometry) and a final period of rest (R3). Based on a continuously recorded electrocardiogram, heart rate variability, in particular high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) components were determined. Within the 3 periods of rest, vitiligo patients showed a higher vegetative arousal than controls, represented by the ratio of LF/HF which mirrors the sympatho-vagal balance (R1: p = 0.027; R2: p = 0.003; R3: p = 0.029). No differences between the 2 groups were found during the mental (p = 0.187) and the physical stress task (p = 0.773). The results suggest a higher vegetative arousal in vitiligo patients.

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Autonomic Nervous Tone in Vitiligo Patients – A Case-control Study

Trapp¹,

Trapp²,

Sampogna³

et al. 2015

Acta Derm Venerol

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“…Some of the from schools due to frequent tor visits and the taunting they experienced at school (10). Vitiligo was also noted to be a barrier to marriage (11). For ) were not allowed to get jobs and were kept away from getting married and were uninvited to marriages because their old ancient and religious beliefs.Vitiligo was referred to as 'Kilas' in rigvedas, which Vitiligo is an acquired tion disorder of great concern affecting 1-4% of , Saudi Arabia, between January and August 2010.It was reported that more than half of the participants (58.2%, 523 of 899) would sympathize with vitiligo patients.…”

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Review article on beliefs and myths of people regarding vitiligo

Eram¹

2017

Int j curr adv res

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“…Thompson et al 46 see a need in the UK for remedying, especially in Asian women, spoiled identity and being shame-prone with more attention to cultural sensitivity and intergenerational beliefs.…”

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“…Taking into account the potential dangers of using skin-lightening agents, it is important to educate people on the adverse effects of these treatments and help them realize that 'black really is beautiful'. Headings discussed by Thompson et al 46 include 'spoiled identity', being 'hidden away', loss of ethnic identity, appearance shame and disgust, 'intimacy impossible', avoidance and concealment, confronting and explaining, over compensation, denial, wishful thinking and minimizing.…”

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Disorders of Pigmentation of the Skin - Hypotheses Underlying Interventions by Multiple Systems of Medicine:Is there a Role for Integrated Medicine?

Arianayagam

Ryan

2016

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Biomedicine has not provided a complete explanation with fully effective therapies for disorders of pigmentation. Biomedicine emphasizes the role of melanocyte for protection from UV rays and as a determinant of skin colour. These important properties acquired a genetic basis much later than other functions, many relating to cell contact as in the keratinocyte -melanocyte unit, or as with the synapses of the neurological system. There are other roles, biochemical and mechanical, of melanocyte. Management that is inclusive of a maximally holistic approach justifies the use of diverse herbals, yoga and concern for cultural awareness provided by integrated medicine. Vitiligo provides a model which demonstrates that Ayurveda has a richer view of its presentations, possibly a stronger line on its pathogenesis, and a huge range of herbals, many now backed by studies from ethnobotanical laboratories, awaiting research into the many possible mechanisms by which they may act in the wide and complex field of melanocyte biochemistry.

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Vitiligo linked to stigmatization in British South Asian women: a qualitative study of the experiences of living with vitiligo

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Cited by 86 publications

References 12 publications

Autonomic Nervous Tone in Vitiligo Patients – A Case-control Study

Autonomic Nervous Tone in Vitiligo Patients – A Case-control Study

Review article on beliefs and myths of people regarding vitiligo

Disorders of Pigmentation of the Skin - Hypotheses Underlying Interventions by Multiple Systems of Medicine:Is there a Role for Integrated Medicine?

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