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What Causes Sudden Excessive Hair Fall?

I m worried about my 32 year old daughter in law who recently lost all her hair, she s had blood work and there was nothing abnormal . could it be stress related. my son was recently laid off from work and they have 5 kids. her mother is also going through renal kidney disease. will her hair come back? she is going to a specialist soon but her hair is her crowing glory and she is a beautiful woman. I m just so worried and don t know what to say to her. thank you
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

There are various causes of hair fall as below. 1. Sudden excessive handful loss of hairs per day following illness like malaria , typhoid or after pregnancy are temporary and will regrow soon. For this condition apply 5 % Minoxidil lotion per day at bed time daily and take biotin based multivitamin tablet daily. 2.Vitamin D deficiency, Iron deficiency, thyroid disease - Get serum vitamin D level , serum iron level and thyroid profile test done any get treatment accordingly.

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What Causes Sudden Excessive Hair Fall?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. There are various causes of hair fall as below. 1. Sudden excessive handful loss of hairs per day following illness like malaria , typhoid or after pregnancy are temporary and will regrow soon. For this condition apply 5 % Minoxidil lotion per day at bed time daily and take biotin based multivitamin tablet daily. 2.Vitamin D deficiency, Iron deficiency, thyroid disease - Get serum vitamin D level , serum iron level and thyroid profile test done any get treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.