Description

Women may develop alopecia, which can be very distressing for them. It is necessary to identify the cause in order to formulate a treatment plan.


 

Chemical or drug-induced:

(1) chemotherapeutic agents

(2) other drugs

(3) heavy metal poisoning (arsenic, cobalt, selenium, tellurium, thallium)

 

Endocrine and metabolic disorders:

(1) hyperthyroidism

(2) hypothyroidism

(3) androgeneitc (from excess androgens or increased sensitivity to androgens)

(4) malnutrition (diet, starvation, malabsorption)

(5) cachexia associated with advanced malignancy

(6) iron deficiency

 

Infection:

(1) syphilis

(2) tinea capitis

 

Autoimmune:

(1) systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Organ failure-related:

(1) chronic renal failure

(2) hepatic failure

 

Other:

(1) radiation exposure or therapy

(2) scarring alopecia

(3) alopecia areata

(4) telogen effluvium

(5) telogen gravidarum (postpartum alopecia)

(6) trichotillomania

(7) pressure-induced

 


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