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| Scleroderma Skin Involvement: Alopecia (Hair Loss) |
| This page was written by Shelley Ensz, and has not yet been medically edited. Scleroderma (SD) affects everyone differently. Just because something is listed here does not mean an individual patient will ever experience it. See Disclaimer. |
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| Overview of Alopecia (Hair Loss) |
| Alopecia - A hair loss disease. Alopecia is an autoimmune skin disease. This results in loss of hair on both the scalp and body of a person. The sufferers of Alopecia are approximately 1.7% of the population within western society with five million sufferers living in the United States alone. American Chronicle. 06/20/07. |
| Alopecia (Hair Loss) and Autoimmune Diseases |
| Hair today, gone tomorrow? Autoimmune diseases can cause problems that range from patchy hair loss (alopecia areata) to the loss of every single hair on the body. |
| Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease): More Common Than You Think. Gluten-sensitive enteropathy commonly manifests as "silent" celiac disease (i.e., minimal or no symptoms). Serologic tests for antibodies against endomysium, transglutaminase, and gliadin identify most patients with the disease. Gluten-sensitivity can also cause alopecia by an immunologic attack on hair follicles. American Family Physician. (Also see: Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity) |
| Cicatricial alopecia due to sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cicatricial and non-cicatricial alopecia along with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), lichen planopilaris, and scleroderma. PubMed. Dermatol Online J 2003 Feb;9(1):16 (Also see: Sarcoidosis) |
| Alopecia (Hair Loss) and Scleroderma |
| Alopecia (hair loss) may occur with scleroderma, if it affects the scalp. It may also occur due to the side effects of some treatments for scleroderma symptoms, such as chemotherapy. (Also see: What is Scleroderma?) |
| Causes of Alopeia (Hair Loss) |
| Link between tooth infection and hair loss. There is a close relationship between infection outbreaks on teeth and the presence of alopecia areata or localized alopecia, a type of hair loss which has an unknown origin. News-Medical.net. 11/28/07. (Also see: Dental Involvement) |
| Alopecia (Hair Loss) Treatments |
| Hair Loss Treatments. For some types of alopecia, hair growth may resume without treatment. Treatments to help promote hair growth, such as Minoxidil (Rogaine), corticosteroids, Anthralin (Drithocreme), and Finasteride (Propecia)—but Finasteride is not approved for use by women. There are also surgical procedures, and wigs or hairpieces. Mayo Clinic. |
| Alopecia (Hair Loss) Research |
| Mouse model gives insight to human hair loss. A progressive skin disease causing hair loss in adult humans was identified in laboratory mice, providing a genetic tool to study the disease known as alopecia areata. innovations report. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 11/11/04. |
| Alopecia (Hair Loss) Personal Stories |
| Dawn M: Linear/Systemic Scleroderma My family
and I were informed by the doctors, that the localized/linear form of scleroderma that I was diagnosed with, would never progress into the
potentially fatal, systemic form... |
| Dee B: Limited Scleroderma/CREST Syndrome I also
had the problem with people saying I was a hypochondriac, as at that
stage all the doctors I saw found nothing wrong with me, but I constantly
felt weary and ill... |
| Margot: Morphea, Linear and En Coup de Sabre I first went to a medical clinic when I noticed a small brownish mark on my stomach resulting in a doctor telling me I was wearing my jeans too tight! |
| Rosie: Limited Systemic Sclerosis (Australia) Some of my symptoms may not be due to limited scleroderma, however most of these symptoms have appeared since my diagnosis... |
| Sarah H: Linear Scleroderma When I was very young, two or three years old, my mom started to notice that the top of my scalp was changing... |
| Tata P: Diffuse Scleroderma I am thirty-two years old, and I have been suffering this illness since I was nine... |
| (Español/Spanish) Tata P: Esclerodermia Difusa Hola, tengo 32 años, y padezco esta enfermedad desde los 9... |
