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Mongolian Spots

Coutii Healthy - Mongolian spots, or in medical terms is referred to as congenital dermal melanocytosis, is a blue-colored spots on the skin that appear on a baby when born. These patches usually appear on the buttocks, back, hands, or feet.  Color blue patches are formed from a collection of dye cells or melanocytes (pigment) in the skin.

Mongolian spots more experienced by infants who are dark-skinned. The cause of the appearance of birthmarks is uncertain, but is not generally associated with health conditions and do no harm. These birthmarks usually disappear after a four-year-old son.


Symptoms Of Mongolian Spots

Symptoms that mark the Mongolian spots are:

  1. Appear on normal skin texture.
  2. The size of the patches between 2 to 8 centimeters.
  3. Blue or grayish blue.
  4. Embossed on the buttocks, back, shoulders, feet, hands, or other body parts.
  5. The form of a flat-spotting and irregular.
  6. Mongolian spots commonly appear at birth. In addition, these spots may also appear during the neonatal or about the first weeks post birth.

Blue blotches on the skin is often misinterpreted as a bruise. The difference is the bruise will disappear in a matter of days, while the new Mongolian spots disappear after a few years.

Causes Of Spotting The Mongols

Mongolian spots occur when melanocytes, or cells producing melanin proteins skin dye caught up in a layer of skin (the dermis) when the embryo develops, so that these cells cannot reach the location should be on the outside layers of the skin (the epidermis).

General appearance of Mongolian spots are not related to a health problem. However, if the patches are quite extensive or arise in many places, it can be a sign of the existence of an underlying health condition. For example, impaired metabolism of ganglionsidosis GM 1, tumor diseases on the protective membrane of the brain and spine, or Syogren-Larsson Syndrome.

Most cases of Mongolian spots found in children who have a Mongoloid race. This race was in Micronesia, American, Eskimo, Polynesian, as well as Asia, including Indonesia.

Diagnosis Of Mongolian Spots

The diagnosis can be established after examination of the skin, particularly on the alleged spotting patches of the Mongols. This examination generally do not require supporting tests, unless the area is extensive patches. For the vast Mongolian spots on your back or the back of the body, scanning with x-rays are needed in order to rule out the possibility of a tumor on spinal meningen membranes or other abnormalities.

Mongolian Spots Treatment

Mongolian spots are generally not a sign of a disease or abnormality. Therefore, it is not needed medical treatment in particular. In most case, the Mongol patches fade and disappear by the time the teenage children. If the presence of these patches are very visible or intrusive, for example in the face, then the doctor may suggest surgery laser.

Complications that can inflict Mongol patches is usually a psychological impact. This condition is mainly experienced if patches of Mongols appear in a clearly visible place or failed childhood disappear after the child. However, Mongolian spots are generally will not cause health problems in the long run.

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