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Alopecia or why people go bald

The causes of hair loss are varied and many of them are not sufficiently studied. It is assumed that the loss Hair is genetically programmed premature, and that its degree is determined by the expression of genes correspondents. Therefore, lower hair follicles size under the influence of male hormones at puberty is complete. Number of them does not diminish until advanced stages of baldness, but even so the hair becomes so small that they are not visible to the naked eye.
In women the causes of hair loss can be a hyper-sensitivity to male hormones or higher in the organism due to the following diseases: polycystic ovarian dysfunction, congenital adrenal cortex, Cushing syndrome, adrenal glands and ovarian tumors of the gland.
alopecia symptoms may accompany the pain of many acute and chronic disease process and may also be related to intoxication, metabolic disorders, disharmonosises. Alopecia or hair loss often occurs in the case of syphilis, diseases of circulatory system avitaminosis (including A, B and C), persistent fever (eg, malaria), chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients with cancer, hypothyroidism and other diseases endocrine, after numerous surgeries have done, or almost working procedure. A number of medications can also cause hair loss extensively. Among them are: Cancer of the preparations, colchicine, anti-epileptic drugs, thyroid, heavy metals, anticoagulant (heparin, coumarin).
Lupus erythematosus, deep pustules (boils, Anthrax) or fungal (tinea, ringworm) the condition of the scalp may also be the cause of alopecia scar.
There are two basic mechanisms in the development process of hair loss: the loss of hair in the anagen (active growth of a follicle hair) and hair loss during the telogen (when follicle growth stops). The first type of hair loss is important in the case of direct damage of cell growth of the follicles are very sensitive (eg, ionizing radiation treatment beam). As a result, the bulk of thin hair basic fact, that is gradually increased and became very fragile. Hair loss or collapse the slightest influence. Duration of the second phase, the telogen phase, is about three months, after which the hair falls out "physiologically.

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Devin Greenfield is a connoisseur of natural hair loss treatments who writes for regrow-hair.org where you can learn more about natural hair regrowth. You can also read about the benefits of natural hair loss products and buy them at Natural Hair Loss Treatment Store

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