Why is my daughter hair falling out
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right we've got Claire on the line next
hi Claire hi you're calling up on behalf
of your daughter she's 10 and her hands
falling out is it yeah I just noticed
their last couple of months that it
seems to be shredding quite a lot I've
never noticed that with her before she
I've got lungs they curly her so it's
not visibly noticeable anywhere in a
minute but I am a bit concerned about
the amount that seems to be be coming
out all right and also Claire's this
will go.we on a Charlie Oh be earlier is
having generalized hair loss and there's
lots of potential reasons for this it
can happen if you've got any skin
conditions like eczema psoriasis or
scalp infections and condition we call
tinea if you've got nutritional
deficiency so iron problems or if you've
got a hormonal problem
telogen effluvium is another condition
where if you're stressed or if you've
had an illness your hair sheds
afterwards so there's tons of
possibilities here fortunately most of
them are not serious and some of them
are treatable so in the first instance I
would say it's important to get a blood
test to look at your iron levels is
important to get a blood test to look at
your hormone levels get your GP to
examine the scalp see if there are any
skin conditions if the hair loss is
patchy that's called alopecia areata and
that's down to your immune system
attacking the hair follicles and usually
that settles down by itself or we can
try steroid creams for that but it
doesn't sound like that is the case here
I reckon this will probably settle down
but I would just get those underlying
conditions checked for and your second
opinions are you got 30 seconds I think
first most commonly in somebody this age
in particular it would be an iron
deficiency or potentially a zinc
deficiency so those are the first things
to do to rule it out and I think
especially thinking about people with
hair loss the other thing is not to
panic and not get upset about it because
if you start to get stressed and
concerned then it can all feed into that
vicious cycle so just get those simple
tests done first of all and you know
those time here there's no need to rush
it in and worry all right doctor thank
you lots of great advice to her too