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| Hair Loss and its Causes | Taking the remedies for depressions and gout; arthritis, heart problems, high blood pressure; for the treatment of cancer during chemotherapy and the medicines containing blood thinners are the reasons of hair loss too. When you lose your hair during chemotherapy you should not be afraid of it. It is a sign that the treatment is effective at destroying the cancer cells because you can observe it on the cells of your hair. Birth control pills and the extra use of vitamin A cause hair loss too. Such cancers as leukemia and lymphoma are the causes of hair loss and the treatment in these cases is ineffective. During cancer treatments hair cells stop to divide. It lasts one to three weeks after the cure. 90 percent of their scalp hair may fall out during the period, but it grows again after the treatment.
Traumatic stress may cause to hormone imbalances and lead to hair loss.
Hair loss is possible after fungal infections of the children’s scalp. The symptoms are broken hair, redness, swelling, and even oozing. But taking antifungal remedies solves the problem easily. Oral medication will treat the illness. People suffering from lupus or diabetes have hair loss, which is the first symptom of these illnesses. One should find out what is the reason of hair loss and then the problem may be solved. People who suffer from kidney and liver illnesses can lose hair too. High Fever, Severe Infection, Severe Flu are the possible causes of hair loss. Four weeks to three months after them the hair may falls out, but this shedding is temporary.
Poor nutrition causes hair loss too. People, who have eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, don’t have enough protein, vitamins, and minerals for normal hair growth and suffer from hair loss. People, who don’t eat meat, can not get enough protein from non-meat sources and suffer from hair loss. In such case you should apply to a dietitian or a nutrition expert. While having a diet nutrition with a small amount of iron should suffer from hair loss and heavy menstrual periods. Laboratory tests should be held to prove it and iron pills should be taken.
Improper care of the hair (pigtails, cornrows or tight hair rollers on the head and pulling on the hair with excessive force and twisting it) is the reason of hair loss. After stopping wearing them hair loss stops too. Hot oil hair treatments may cause hair loss too. When you get your hair colored, bleached, straightened you can have temporal hair loss. Stopping wearing a hat for 7 hours a day gives your head a rest and will be good for hair.
There are male-pattern and female-pattern baldness. Men suffering from male-pattern baldness usually inherit it and begin to lose their hair at an early age at the mid-teen years on the top of the head and the sides of the forehead. The baldness begins as usual at the temples and the hairline recedes. Often, the crown of the head becomes thin or bald also. Some men only get balding in one or the other area. Men taking such steroids as testosterone for the building their bodies suffer from the problem. About 66 percent of men suffer from male-pattern baldness. Children and adults sometimes pull their hair, brows, or lashes and damage them. They do it as a response to unpleasant stresses and in this case they should apply to a doctor.
Female-pattern baldness is caused by a sex hormone. While having this kind of baldness women lose hair over the entire scalp, the hair becomes thin and the frontal hairline does not recede. A loss of hair on the crown (back top of the head) can also occur and is caused by a decrease in estrogen, a female hormone. Female-pattern baldness appears at the age of 30 and is clearly observed at the age of 40. Female-pattern baldness is temporary and is easier treated than male pattern baldness.
People suffering from baldness should apply to a doctor who helps them to find out the reason of it. He will ask if they are on a diet, if any remedies are taken, how they take care of the hair and if they have recently recovered from decease. The doctor may ask women about menstrual cycle, menopause and about their pregnancy. Sometimes blood tests or a biopsy which is the examination of cells under a microscope may be held to find out why the baldness appears.
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