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Coarse hair

Coarse hair: Introduction

Coarse hair: The occurrence of coarse feeling hair. See free access online books about Coarse hair below. See detailed information below for a list of 40 causes of Coarse hair, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Coarse hair

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Causes of Types of Coarse hair:

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Diagnostic Guides for Coarse hair

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  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
 

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Misdiagnosis and Coarse hair

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Causes of Coarse hair listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Coarse hair as a symptom include:

See full list of 40 causes of Coarse hair
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Detailed list of causes of Coarse hair

The list below shows some of the causes of Coarse hair mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Coarse hair?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Coarse hair. Of the 40 causes of Coarse hair that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 39 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 40 causes of Coarse hair

Conditions listing symptoms: Coarse hair:

The following list of conditions have 'Coarse hair' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acrofacial dysostosis Catania form ... coarse hair
  • Amaurosis hypertrichosis ... coarse hair
  • Angiokeratoma - mental retardation - coarse face ... coarse hair
  • Arthrogryposis - epileptic seizures - migrational brain disorder ... coarse hair

    B

  • Bjornstad syndrome ... coarse hair

    C

  • Chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita ... coarse hair
  • Chondrodystrophia punctata, autosomal dominant ... coarse hair
  • Coleman Randall syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Congenital hypotrichosis milia ... coarse hair
  • Conradi-Huenermann Syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Conradi-Hunermann syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Craniolenticulosutural dysplasia ... coarse hair

    D

  • Deafness - pili torti -hypogonadism ... coarse hair

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia - neurosensory deafness ... coarse hair
  • Emery-Nelson syndrome ... coarse hair

    F

  • Faciodigitogenital syndrome, recessive form ... coarse hair
  • Familial hypopituitarism ... coarse hair
  • Familial hypothyroidism ... coarse hair
  • Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Fryns macrocephaly ... coarse hair

    H

  • Hair defect photosensitivity mental retardation ... coarse hair
  • Hair defect with photosensitivity and mental retardation ... coarse hair
  • Hay-Wells Syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated ... coarse hair

    I

  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... coarse hair

    K

  • Keratoderma palmoplantaris transgrediens et progrediens ... coarse hair

    M

  • Macroepiphyseal dysplasia with osteoporosis, wrinkled skin, and aged appearance ... coarse hair
  • Mikaelian syndrome ... coarse hair
  • Moynahan syndrome III ... coarse hair
  • MPS 3 C ... coarse hair

    P

  • Partington-Anderson syndrome ... coarse hair

    S

  • Sanfilippo syndrome type A ... coarse hair
  • Sanfilippo syndrome type B ... coarse hair
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia - dysmorphism ... coarse hair

    T

  • Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect ... coarse hair
  • Tricho-onychic dysplasia ... coarse hair
  • Trichodysplasia xeroderma ... coarse hair

    U

  • Uncombable hair syndrome ... Coarse hair

    W

  • Whelan syndrome ... coarse hair

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  • Classifications of Coarse hair:

    Subtypes of Coarse hair:

    Thickening of body hair

    Medical Conditions associated with Coarse hair:

    Hair symptoms (644 causes), Head symptoms (6066 causes), Face symptoms (4405 causes)

    Symptoms related to Coarse hair:

    Thin hair (15 causes), Hair loss (380 causes), Dry hair (47 causes), Hair symptoms (644 causes), Brittle hair (51 causes), Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Hirsutism (32 causes), Arrhenoblastoma

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