Hair Loss treatment for thyroid patients

Hair Loss treatment for thyroid patients: what to do?

The condition of your hair is a very precise barometer of your general health.

When you are under stress or sick, hair cells can close down in order to redirect energy to other places of the body, where it is more needed.

Physical conditions that can trigger excessive hair shedding are hormonal changes, bad diet with consequent nutritional deficiencies, different medicines, surgery, and other medical conditions, such as thyroid disease.

Thyroid patients may experience hair problems earlier and quicker than everybody else.

Baldness is often caused by a hormone called DHT, derived from Testosterone.

This hormone attacks the follicles, shrinking them, and reducing them to small unproductive units scattered here and there on the scalp.

In some patients with hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, the conversion of testosterone into DHT is much faster than in healthy people, and some  actually complain that quick and severe hair loss is the worst symptom of their thyroid condition.

If you have a thyroid condition, and are worried about your hair loss, here is what you have to do:

• See a good dermatologist, and maybe take an exam called “trichogram” that can help you know exactly how many hairs are in the growing or the resting phase.If the dermatologist is really competent, will run some good tests to indentify autoimmune situations, besides thyroid.
• If you are taking drugs to take care of your physical condition,  drugs such as levothyroxine, which is a thyroid hormone replacement, and your hair loss is not stopping, speak with your doctor to find may be a natural alternative to this drug.Hair loss is in fact a side effect of similar drugs, for many people and often simply taking an alternative and natural route, or simply changing medicine, may help improve the condition of your hair.

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References:

Hypothyroidism: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough … Paleness or dry skin; Sadness or depression; Thin, brittle hair or fingernails … face, hands, and feet; Slow speech; Thickening of the skin; Thinning of eyebrows  …

Hyperthyroidism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Triiodothyronine (T3, pictured) and thyroxine (T4) are both forms of thyroid … anxiety, intolerance to heat, hair loss (especially of the outer third of the eyebrows ), …

The Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss by Mary Shomon (eBook) – Lulu

May 28, 2013 … Millions of Americans are suffering from hair loss due to undiagnosed thyroid disease. And thyroid patients with continuing hair loss problems …