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Glossary for Pubic hair loss

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

  • Addison's Disease: A rare progressive hormonal disorder characterized by insufficient production of certain hormones called adrenal corticosteroids.
  • Adrenal gland symptoms: Symptoms affecting the adrenal glands
  • Alopecia: Partial or total loss of hair due to aging, an endocrine disorder, drug reaction, anticancer medication or skin disease.
  • Baldness: Loss of scalp hair
  • Face symptoms: Symptoms affecting the face
  • 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
  • Hypopituitarism: A condition characterized by diminished hormonal section by the pituitary gland
  • Idiopathic liver cirrhosis: Cirrhosis is defined histologically as a diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and the conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules. The progression of liver injury to cirrhosis may occur over weeks to years.
  • Liver symptoms: Symptoms affecting the liver
  • Menopause: End of female reproductive years
  • Patchy hair loss: The occurrence of patchy hair loss
  • Pituitary conditions: Any condition that affects the pituitary
  • Sheehan Syndrome: A rare condition that occurs in women who suffer a severe uterine hemorrhage during childbirth. The resulting blood loss may damage the pituitary gland and result in hypopituitarism.
  • Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome: A condition involving premature menstruation and abnormal milk production in children who suffer from severe hypothyroidism.
  • Werner syndrome: A form of premature aging where sufferers start aging during adolescence or soon after and appear old by the time they reach their 30's or 40's. Milder forms of the condition may also occur.

Last revision: Nov 26, 2003
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