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Pattern Baldness
Alternative names
Alopecia; Baldness; Hair loss
Definition
Pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss. It usually
follows a typical pattern of receding hairline and hair thinning on
the crown, and is caused by hormones and genetic predisposition.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Hair grows about an inch every couple of months. Each hair grows for
2 to 6 years, remains at that length for a short period, and then
falls out. A new hair begins growing in its place. At any one time,
about 85% of the hair in your head is in the growing phase and 15%
is not.
Each hair sits in a cavity in the skin called a follicle. Baldness
occurs when the follicle shrinks over time, resulting in shorter and
finer hair. The end result is a very small follicle with no hair
inside. Ordinarily, hair should grow back. However, in people who
are balding, the follicle fails to grow a new hair. Why this occurs
is not well understood, but it is related to your genes and sex
hormones. Even though the follicles are small, they remain alive,
suggesting the possibility of new growth.
Symptoms
The typical pattern of baldness begins at the hairline. The hairline
gradually recedes to form an “M” shape. The existing hair may become
finer and shorter. The hair at the crown also begins to thin.
Eventually the top of the hairline meets the thinned crown, leaving
a horseshoe pattern of hair around the sides of the head.
Hair loss in patches, diffuse shedding of hair, breaking of hair
shafts, or hair loss associated with redness, scaling, pain, or
rapid progression could be caused by other conditions.
Signs and tests
Classic pattern baldness is usually diagnosed based on the
appearance and pattern of the hair loss. Any atypical hair loss may
be caused by other medical disorders. A skin biopsy or other
procedures may be needed to diagnose other disorders that cause loss
of hair.
Hair analysis is not accurate for diagnosing nutritional or similar
causes of hair loss. However, it may reveal substances such as
arsenic or lead.
Expectations
Pattern baldness does not indicate a medical disorder, but it may
affect self-esteem or cause anxiety. The hair loss is usually
permanent.
Complications
Psychological stress
Loss of self-esteem due to change in appearance
Calling your health care provider
Call your doctor if:
Your hair loss occurs in an atypical pattern – rapid hair loss,
diffuse shedding, hair loss in patches, or breaking of the shafts.
Your hair loss is accompanied by itching, skin irritation, redness,
scaling, pain, or other symptoms.
Your hair loss begins after starting a medication.
You want to attempt to treat your hair loss.
Prevention
There is no known prevention for pattern baldness.
Lupus
What is lupus?
Lupus is a condition of chronic inflammation caused by autoimmune
disease. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the
body’s tissues are attacked by its own immune system.
What causes lupus?
The precise reason for the abnormal autoimmunity that causes lupus
is not known. Inherited genes, viruses, ultraviolet light, and drugs
may all play some role. Genetic factors increase the tendency of
developing autoimmune disease, and autoimmune diseases such as
lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and immune thyroid disorders are more
common among relatives of patients with lupus than the general
population. Some scientists believe that the immune system in lupus
is more easily stimulated by external factors like viruses or
ultraviolet light. Sometimes, symptoms of lupus can be precipitated
or aggravated by only a brief period of sun exposure.
What are the symptoms of lupus?
In discoid lupus, only the skin is involved. The skin rash in
discoid lupus often is found on the face and scalp. It usually is
red and may have raised borders. Discoid lupus rashes are usually
painless and do not itch, but scarring can cause permanent hair
loss. Over time, 5 to 10% of patients with discoid lupus may develop
SLE.
Patients with SLE can develop different combinations of symptoms and
organ involvement common complaints and symptoms include fatigue,
low-grade fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches, arthritis, ulcers
of the mouth and nose, facial rash(“butterfly rash”), usually
sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), inflammation of the
lining that surrounds the lung (pleruritis) and the heart (pericarditis),
and poor circulation to the fingers and toes with cold exposure (Raynaud’s
phenomenon).
More serious organ involvement with inflammation occurs in the
brain, liver, and kidney. White blood cells and blood clotting
factors also can be decreased in SLE, thereby increasing the risk of
infection and bleeding.
Over half of the patients with SLE develop a characteristic red,
flat facial rash over the bridge of their nose. Because of its
shape, it is frequently referred to as the “butterfly rash” of SLE.
The rash is painless and does not itch. The facial rash, along with
inflammation in other organs, can be precipitation or worsened by
exposure to sunlight, a condition called photosensitivity. This
photosensitivity can be accompanied by worsened of inflammation
throughout the body, called a “flare” of disease.
Scarring
Scarring-loss of hair follicles. This causes permanent hair loss.
Cutaneous lupus erythematous and fungal kerions are the most
prevalent forms of scarring alopecia.
A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin
and other tissues of the body.
Scarring alopecia:
Inflammation of the hair follicles can lead to scarring Alopecia.
This form Alopecia is easy to identify because rough patches on the
surface of the scalp made up of small blood vessels and tissue are
presented. Scarring alopecia has many different causes such as
bacterial, viral and fungal infections.
Patchy hair loss with obvious sign of scalp inflammation.
Non scarring alopecia:
A broad category of hair loss types like androgenetic alopecia where
the hair follicle remains functional and offers the likelihood that
hair loss can be reversed
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