How do you know if your hair loss is abnormal?
Hair loss is normal, but if you lose more than 100 strands of hair per day for several days, it means that you are losing more than normal hair.
Hair loss and hair thinning divide into groups:
1. Localized hair loss is divide into 2 groups:
alopecia areata. Which is a type of alopecia that does not scar the scalp. The most common types include:
1.1 Fungal alopecia areata is common in children. Hair falls out in clumps. The skin in the area where the hair falls out becomes flaky or scaly. Sometimes there is a red rash.
Treatment requires oral medication because topical medication cannot completely eliminate the fungus.
1.2 Alopecia due to pulling out one’s own hair is common in children who are stressed and have no way out, so they pull out their own hair. When trying to pull out the hair with your hand, the hair does not come out easily like with fungal alopecia.
Treatment requires an understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and the patient’s problems. A psychiatrist should be consulted in the treatment process. In addition, applying steroid cream and taking antihistamines can help improve symptoms.
1.3 Alopecia due to allergic hair root disease Patients will have a disordered immune system. There are white blood cells that disturb the hair roots, causing the hair root cells to stop working. The hair will disappear in patches. The skin in areas where there is no hair will be smooth, with no stumps. The hair will break or have bumps on the skin. This condition is different from the 2 diseases mentioned above. Generally, hair may fall out in one or many patches. In severe cases, the hair on the entire head will fall out. And if it is the most severe, all hair and body hair will fall out like a leafless tree.
Treatment should consulte. Because treatment requires topical steroids or oral steroids for a long time.
1.4 Scarring alopecia on the scalp is cause by many factors such as abscesses of the scalp, severely inflamed scalp ringworm, burns, scalds, DLE of the scalp. In most patients, the hair roots severely damaged, to the point. That new hair cannot create to replace the original hair, and scar tissue occurs in the dermis.
Treatment : Consult a doctor for a correct diagnosis before giving treatment with medication.
2. Common hair loss conditions are:
2.1 Telogen hair loss: In this group of patients, the hair on the head changes from the growing phase to the stopping phase. Hair falls out in an unusual amount. This is cause by many factors, such as infectious diseases such as typhoid fever, malaria. The flu with fever for many days, various types of medicines such as vitamin A derivatives. Or vitamin A acids such as Etretinate, Acitretin. It is found in women. After childbirth, severe stress or shock. Hair loss symptoms will gradually improve within 1-2 months when the various causes pass.
2.2 Alopecia due to secondary syphilis infection. Hair will fall out in patches all over the scalp, similar to moth bites. A definite diagnosis requires blood tests.
2.3 Hair loss due to genetics and sex hormones. เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง Patients will experience hair roots gradually changing from thick hair to thin hair. In men, the hair will be very thin in the middle of the head. In women, the hair will be thinner in the middle of the head as well, but it will not be completely bald like in men.