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Hair loss is not only restricted to people of middle age or old age, it may even strike children.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Tinea Capsistis – is a fungal infection of the scalp, hair follicles, eyebrows and lashes. The more common name for this condition is ringworm of the scalp. The fungus invades the hair shafts and the hair breaks of at the scalp line, leaving a stubbly look, and a round hairless spot.

Medications
All medicines can cause hair loss, even if it is not listed as a symptom. Psychotropic medication that is prescribed more often to young people known to cause hair loss in some people. Acne medication derived from vitamin A can cause hair loss. Some anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory drugs list hair loss as a side effect. Any hormonal drugs such as steroids or the pill can cause hair loss.

Bacterial Infections
Certain bacteria and other microorganisms can infect the scalp causing inflammation and hair loss. Hair loss from infections of the scalp may be temporary or permanent depending on the degree of damage.

Other causes of hair loss can be traumatic to the individual child and traction alopecia. Rubbing or pulling hair consistent with traction alopecia, the hair shaft in the stress condition is the result. The hair, often at the scene to break down the growth of the cease-fire has been growing pressure for the disturbing trend of hairstyle or hair.

Other ways you can help as parents to prevent your child from hair loss by careful if her hair styling. For young people, encouraging them to hair-friendly style of practice. Hair follicles are sensitive. With too much pulling and tugging, they come out.

Treatments for Hair Loss
Allopathy medicine has quite a few treatments for hair loss, which are listed below.
1. Minoxidil – this medicine provided for blood pressure prescribed for hair loss too. Apply the medicine to your scalp. Efficacy is 10-20%. Hair loss will resume once you stop using the medicine.
2. Finasteride – this medicine usually prescribed for prostrate enlargement is handy treatment against hair loss. Temporary loss of libido and lowered quality of semen are the usual side effects of using this medicine. Women shall not use this, as it can cause the women to give birth to handicapped child.
Hair loss is not limited to middle-aged or elderly people, and may even against children. Although the proportion of children suffering from hair loss is relatively small for adults than it is torture, an incredible American children are faced with premature hair loss from scalp wounds. And this number is increasing.

There are some health issues that can cause hair loss in children. Seeing their friends again after this incident can be very traumatic. After the teacher explained the problem with the system before reaching the child can be very useful.
There are a variety of medical conditions that can cause childhood hair loss or alopecia. Here are some of the causes:

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