Elementary school student slapped by teacher 'Vulence'DIA' diagnosis, what caused it?
Sep 05, 2024
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According to Chinese media Rushing News and Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Hwang, who lives in Yunnan Province in southwest China, was surprised to see his son (11)'s face severely swollen.
The son said that when he couldn't finish his math homework, the teacher slapped him. He said he was hit three times on the right cheek and once on the left cheek.
Three months later, pigmentation occurred on part of the boy's facial skin and he was diagnosed with vitiligo.
Hwang said he sent a bill for medical treatment but couldn't get in touch with the teacher. She stressed that teachers or schools should compensate.
The school said it is currently awaiting the results of the police investigation and is awaiting forensic damage assessment to determine appropriate action against the teachers involved.
Although the exact cause of vitiligo is still unclear, the medical staff estimated that environmental stressors may cause the development of vitiligo.
Netizens are asking "How can a teacher go unpunished for three months?", "There is no light punishment. They show reactions such as "'It's assault' and "'You have to be careful because there may be other causes.'"
Meanwhile, about 30% of vitiligo patients are known for genetic factors such as family history.
In addition, stress, trauma, sunburn, etc. are also pointed out as the cause of adjuvant action in the occurrence of vitiligo.
The most important causes of the outbreak include the theory of autoimmunity that one's own immune function misrecognizes and destroys one's pigment cells as foreign substances, the theory of nerve fluid that abnormal functioning nerve cells secrete chemicals and damage surrounding pigment cells, and the theory of self-destruction of pigment cells that melanocytes destroy themselves and cause vitiligo. Recently, the theory that these three theories work in combination rather than separately has been accepted.
In addition, vitiligo patients are often discriminated against because they are misunderstood that the disease is transmitted.
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