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Hair Loss
Causes & Risk Factors Of Hair Loss
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There is no main single cause of the hair loss. However, the following are the reasons of developing baldness:
Pregnancy
After giving a newborn baby, pregnant women are shed their hair. The large amounts of hair are come out in the combs and brushes.
Thyroid health disease
Hair loss may cause by both under active and overactive thyroid. The baldness with thyroid disease can be reversed with prescribed treatment.
Medications
In a small percentage of people, shed their hair due to some prescription medicines. For example, some medications are used to treat arthritis, psoriasis, gout or acne, and some drugs for heart diseases.
Birth control pills
Sometimes, women shed their hair while using birth control pills.
Infections
In children, hair loss is caused by tinea capitus or ringworm. Patches of hair may be replaced with scaly skin in pink color.
Major surgery, high fever and significant life stressor
In rare cases, high fever, significant life stressor or major surgery in the family, she or he can be shocked to see a lot of hair loss.
Inadequate protein in diet
People, who do not take protein in their diet, are suffered from hair loss.
Low serum iron
Sometimes, deficiency of iron may associate hair loss in people. Low serum iron can be corrected with iron pills and determined by laboratory tests.
Androgenic alopecia
Androgenic alopecia (the common form of hair loss) mostly found in men, women and children. It is not spread from one person to another person. It is not the results of nervousness and not caused by foods. Actually, it is associated due to the hair growing tissue’s sensitivity to hormones.
Alopecia areata
In this type of hair loss, round patches of hair loss appear on the scalp. In some cases, it is associated when the immune cells attack the hair-growing tissue.
If someone experiences the following symptoms at the time of hair loss, call the doctor immediately:
- Problems in breathing
- Unexplained body weight loss
- Fever
- Constipation
- Skin diseases
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Severe pain
- Poor appetite