Misdiagnosis of Hair loss

Misdiagnosis and Hair loss

Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis. Researchers estimate that about 1 per 100 diagnoses of alopecia totalis are incorrect. See introduction to alopecia totalis.

Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur in African Americans. Some of the overlooked hair/scalp conditions include cicatrial alopecia, traction folliculitis and sebhorrheic dermatitis. See hair disorders or scalp disorders.

Subtle changes in hypothroidism can be missed: The early changes in hypothyroidism are subtle and can be misdiagnosed especially if only a single symptom is dominant. Hence the list of conditions from which it has to be differentiated from is endless. To mention a few, anovulations, infertility, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnoea etc. Lack of early treatment leads to disease progression with gradual worsening of the symptoms and further metabolic derangements can occur. Estimation of the TSH levels is the single most sensitive index of thyroid function

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