From Head to Foot

Let us start from the Hair & Scalp diseases – DERMATOLOGY

HAIR LOSS

First, we have to know Cause Hair Loss. Only a very little percentage of physicians want to know it. Others are very much busy to show their efficacy through advertisements and media sources.

The causes are :

• Damage to the hair such as dyes and Permanents & from the hot roller, curling irons, or Hairdryers. Hair pulling & Hair Twisting.

  TREATMENT: At first the patient should be advised to refrain from the above factor.

• TRICOTILLOMANIA: A mental health problem where a person pulls out his own hair.
• Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy
• Recent Surgery, high fever & emotional stress
• Diseases such as Lupus Or Hypertension (Lupus SLE )  – A condition characterized by inflammation of tissue by Auto Immune Disorder.
• Heavy Metal Poisoning such as Thallium or Arsenic Poisoning.
• Lack of Protein & Iron in the diet.
• Ringworm or fungal infection.
• Menopause
• Unhygienic Cosmetic procedure

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis – Increased number of antibodies against Thyroid specific Protein i.e. T.Lymphocytes