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Hair Loss Symptoms of Various Diseases

Hair loss is a common phenomenon in men but women do lose hair under certain circumstances. Losing 50-100 hair daily is normal. Different symptoms of hair loss reveal the different underlying causes of hair loss.

Following are the typical Symptoms of hair loss:

 

 

  • Noticeable hair thinning on front, sides or top of head.
  • Hair falls out in large clumps when washing it.
  • Large snarls of hair appear in brush or comb.
  • Small bald patches appear on the scalp.
  • Scalp is red, oily, and/or itchy.

When men begin to lose hair from the front and top then its is called pattern baldness and the hair loss is permanent. This is genetic. Typically hair near the ears and bottom part of the back side of the head don't fall. There is no cure for such hair loss. There can be complete baldness also in some cases. This kind of pattern baldness can happen in women also but the condition is not as common as it is in men. Complete baldness in women is unheard of.

Sudden fall of bunch of hair particularly when they come out of the roots while stroking or during washing of hair is a symptom of protein deficiency. This usually happens in vegetarian who take less or no protein in their daily diet. As a result the hair in growth stage stops and most of the hair go in resting stage. Within the 2-3 months of such malnutrition the most hair get into the falling stage. That is why bunches of hair begin to fall all of a sudden. This is reversible if the diet conditions are improved in which required quantity of protein is consumed.

After child birth many women begin to see unusual falling of hair. This is temporary and is happening because during the pregnancy hair continuously grow. They don't come in resting stage. After the child birth  the hair get in to the resting and then in falling stage. This is when the hair loss symptomsget noticed. This is absolutely no cause of concern. This is a delayed normal hair loss. Within a couple of months of the child birth the normalcy is restored.

Another symptoms of hair loss is a patchy hair loss. This can also affect eyebrows and eye hair. usually it is restricted to a few patches. This a caused by a disease called Alopecia areata. This is a temporary hair loss and can be treated by medication.

When symptoms are red or pink scaly, oily scalp then the underlying cause can be an infection by fungus or ring worm etc. This results in temporary hair loss and the hair is restored after treatment.

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