Vitiligo and Proton Pump Inhibitors.

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Vitiligo is a well-known disease in which patches of skin become depigmented. The cause is unknown, but the autoimmune theory has the widest acceptance. The present case is of a patient who suffered depigmentation of surgically-corrected repigmented skin (transplant). The depigmentation resulted from the use of a proton pump inhibitor medication used to block the […]

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Conditions: Apoptosis, Autoimmune disease, Depigmentation, Gastritis, Melanogenesis, Skin lesions, Vitiligo

Miscellaneous: Melanin, Melanocytes, Proton pump inhibitors

Autoimmunity of the Thyroid and Vitiligo.

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Dr. Gary Pack

Vitiligo is a skin disease with typical light patches of skin (depigmentation). Autoimmunity and endocrine diseases are believed to be related to vitiligo, and there is some suggestion that vitiligo is related to thyroid dysfunction also. This study was done to find a relationship between vitiligo and thyroid autoimmunity. The study involved a count of […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune disease, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Depigmentation, Endocrine dysfunction, Goiter, Skin lesions, Vitiligo

Miscellaneous: Autoantibodies, Thyroid gland, Thyroid stimulating hormone, Thyroxine, Triiodothyronine

Hypothyroid Review.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

Duntas, LH, et al. Effects of a Six Month Treatment with Selenomethionine in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis, Eur. J. Endocrinol. 2003 Apr;148(4):389-93. University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. (Summary 062. PMID: 12656658.) Kasumagic-Halilovic, E., et al. Association Between Vitiligo and Thyroid Autoimmunity. J Thyroid Res. 2011;2011;938257. Sarajevo University Clinical Ceneter, Bolnicka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune thyroiditis, Hypothyroidism, Vitiligo

Supplements: Selenomethionine

Autoimmune Etiology of Generalized Vitiligo.

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Dr. Gary Pack

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease with the skin melanocyte cells being the immune target. The result is poor skin pigmentation (hypopigmentation.) The melanocyte cells are especially sensitive to immune attack. They contain the free radical scavenging molecule, melanin, and other molecules which are the targets of immune attack in melanoma skin cancer and vitiligo. More […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune disease, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Hypopigmentation, Melanoma, Vitiligo

Supplements: Boswellia (Boswellia serrata), Chasteberry (Vitex agnus castus), Phenylalanine, Tyrosine

Miscellaneous: 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors, Dopamine agonists, Melanin, Melanocytes, Proton pump inhibitors

Natural Health Products to Treat Vitiligo.

Posted on by Dr. Gary Pack

Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by patches of poor skin pigmentation (hypopigmentation.) White patches appear on the skin due to the loss of melanin cells (melanocytes.) Half of the cases start before the age of 20. Many vitiligo patients have psychiatric problems as the result of the abnormal skin appearance from vitiligo. This is […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune disease, Hypopigmentation, Vitiligo

Supplements: Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), Phenylalanine, Vitamin E

Miscellaneous: Melanin, Melanocytes, Psoralen

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