Glossary for Patchy hair loss

Medical terms related to Patchy hair loss or mentioned in this section include:

• Alopecia: Partial or total loss of hair due to aging, an endocrine disorder, drug reaction, anticancer medication or skin disease.
• Alopecia Areata: A condition where hair loss occurs in patches for unknown reasons. Although the condition often disappears within a year, it often reoccurs.
• Atopic dermatitis: Skin disorder characterized by chronic inflammation, and pruritis. Often hereditary and associated with allergic rhinitis and asthma.
• Baldness: Loss of scalp hair
• Chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita: A rare genetic disorder characterized by growth deficiency, short limbs, large skin pores, sparse hair and other abnormalities.
• Chondrodystrophia punctata, autosomal dominant: A rare genetic disorder characterized by growth deficiency, short limbs, large skin pores, sparse hair and other abnormalities.
• Conradi-Huenermann Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by growth deficiency, short limbs, large skin pores, sparse hair and other abnormalities.
• Face symptoms: Symptoms affecting the face
• Focal alopecia congenital - megalencephaly: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by patchy hair loss which has no associated inflammation and scarring of the scalp. Megalencephaly (large, heavy brain) is also present.
• Grief or loss: The normal emotional response that occurs to an external loss
• Hair loss: Loss or thinning of head or body hair
• Hair symptoms: Symptoms affecting the hair
• Head symptoms: Symptoms affecting the head or brain
• Hypopigmented lesions in children:
• Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans: A rare inherited skin disorder affecting mostly males and characterized by hardening of skin around hair follicles which leads to scarring and loss of hair. The skin on the face, neck, forearms and other areas can also be affected.
• Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
• Patchy alopecia: patchy loss of hair
• Picardi-Lassueur-Little syndrome: A very rare disorder characterized by patches of hair loss involving the scalp, armpits, eyebrows and genitals. The hair loss on the scalp is accompanied by scarring of the skin. Hair follicles become eruptive and spiny usually months to years after hair loss.
• Schäfer syndrome: A disorder characterized mainly by thickened skin on the palms and soles, white patches in mouth, mental and growth retardation and hair, nail and eye abnormalities.
• Secondary syphilis: A condition which is characterized by fever, multiform skin eruptions, iritis, alopecia, mucous patches and severe pain in the head and joints
• Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
• Thin hair: Normal hair fall is approximately 100-125 hair per day. True hair loss occurs when lost hairs are not regrown or when the daily hair shed exceeds 125 hairs
• Thyroid disease: Any medical condition which affects the thyroid
• Tinea capitis: A condition which is characterized by tinea of the scalp
• Trichotillomania: Compulsive urge to pull out one's own hair.

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