Female Hair Loss - Checklist For Helping To Determining Cause

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Loss of Hair

All people have a normal loss of hair of about 50 to and 150 strands a day. When these strands fall out they naturally grow back. But there is no need to count the hair strands everyday, if you have a condition that is causing excessive loss of hair you will see excess hair in your brush, sink, towel, pillow or even as in my case, your spouse will tell you have excess loss of hair.

If you are losing more hair than normal then there is some underlying condition causing it.

Reasons for loss of hair in women:

Stress - Hair loss from this condition may be caused by an emotional or physical event in your life. An important point to note is that you may not notice your loss from this condition till two to three months after the event. But once you have got past the event that caused your stress, your hair will most likely grow back six to nine months later.

But there is a condition called alopecia areata, caused by stress, which will cause your hair to fall out in patches. This is caused by your immune system attacking your hair follicles resulting in partial or total hair loss. If you have this condition your hair may grow back naturally or you may even need treatment.

Medicines - There are all different types of medicines that can cause you to lose your hair, from birth control pills to acne medication may cause hair loss. Like in stress, your hair will go into sleep mode and you will not notice this loss till two to three months after you start taking a new drug.

Working with your doctor, you may be asked to stop or switch drugs till you find out which one is causing the problem. This may take several months or more, depending on how many drugs you are taking, to determine which drug is causing the problem.

Thyroid - A malfunctioning thyroid is more common in women than in men. When this happens many different conditions such as weight gain, loss of energy, hair loss or your hair becoming dry and brittle are some of the symptoms of a thyroid gone wrong.

If you are diagnosis with a thyroid problem, discuss with your doctor the right drug for you to help with your thyroid problem and ensure it does not cause any more loss of hair.

Female Pattern Baldness (FPB) - This is the most common type of hair loss in women. This condition is identifiable by determining if either of your parents have pattern baldness, your hair loss started when you approached or are in menopause, or you have some other condition causing a hormone imbalance in your body.

The Truth On Unexplained Hair Loss Brought To Light

Thursday 1 December 2011

You've started to experience hair loss and you've done your due diligence in tracking your family tree. You've gone back as far as you can, but still can't find anyone that has had balding or even receding hair issues. Both sides of the family have been checked and there is no connection with issues to the hair.

It seems that you are at a crossroads and can't explain why you're experiencing this problem. Are you the first one of the family tree that will have this ailment? Bringing to light a phenomena a fact that may have the seeds of understanding why you and others are experiencing the issue of loss of hair.

Working and living in today's environment has shed new light on how it affects people health. It's all around us and it seems that we cannot escape it. What I'm talking about is the amount of toxins that has polluted the environment through illegal and unsupervised dumping of toxic chemicals.

If it seems that you've have gone through and totally eliminated family members on both sides of the genealogy tree, that hair loss doesn't exist. Then a hard look at the environment that you're living in may be the culprit.

Unexplained hair loss can be explained in certain circumstances on this issue. The issue of a toxic environment. These toxins can exist in many types of materials. From heavy metals and metal salts, if inhaled over a substantial period of time can affect the body and then the loss of hair can happen.

Yes, I know it sounds unbelievable but it is a possibility. This is just one of the many reasons why there is so much concern about how contaminated waste is cleaned up. hair loss is one of the many after effects that can happen if toxic waste isn't properly disposed of.

Unexplained hair loss can also occur by other chemicals that we don't even know about. Arsenic is one of the silent killers of the environment that can cause havoc with people's health. It would be astounding to a lot of people that arsenic can also reside in glassware, fungicides, insecticides that is sold over the counter at hardware stores. Prolonged use of weed killer can also promote arsenic into the environment.

Being in contact with at least this type chemical puts our health at risk. Let it be warned that these products will definitely affect your general health and must be taken into account if you are experiencing unexplained hair loss.

One of the best antidotes to offset this type of environment is staying healthy. Eating a diet with a lot of protein, regular exercise and making sure that vitamins are part of your daily intake can go a long ways in fighting this problem of hair loss.

 
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