ALOPECIA - TYPE AND TREATMENT?
Don't know about the duration of hair fall and associated symptoms. Got this video in Whatsapp. (Video posted getting consent) DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT??
Look closely If there are any getuigen broken hair, petechiae. Confirm whether she is right handed and it's suffering from any psychiatric illness or OCD . Bcoz it is looking like TRICHOTILLOMANIA
This might not be alopecia areata In alopecia areata there will be absolute patch of baldness . But here there are hair shafts . More over there are no well defined margins , it is diffuse . Patient is known case of some psychiatric illness. So mostly in favour of trichotillomania .@Raman Kumar @Johnson Sameer
POSSIBLY CHRONIC TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM... WITH SEBORRHOEIC SCALP... ADVISABLE.. 1. RULE. OUT....O. C. D../ HAIR PULLING. HABIT ...P. C. O. D .....THYROID. DISORDERS 2. CLOBETASOL +. COCONUT. OIL......SCALP. MASSAGE 3. VITAMINS......B. COMPLEX. ..AND. C.. 4. ZINC. +. CALCIUM +. D 3 5. BIOTIN....IRON.
This is Alopecia areta advise intralesion inj. Kenacort weekly for 3 dosage Advise avoid soap & Avoid to become dry hair with minoxidil shampoo for use Plan for thyroid function test
Pt with hairfall is diagnosed as Alopacia This type of allopacia is treated as 1) checkfall-F 5% 2) Foliihair Capsule BD for 60 days. the result will be slow but sure result will come.
Trichotillomania
Alopecia aereata
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