Alopecia Cure by Physiotherapy

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Alopecia Cure by Physiotherapy

Alopecia Areata is defined as premature loss of hair. Some times leads to total loss of hair from the body.

Alopecia Areata Causes/Etiology

The condition is thought to be an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own hair follicles and suppresses or stops hair growth. There is evidence that T cell lymphocytes cluster around these follicles, causing inflammation and subsequent hair loss. An unknown environmental trigger such as emotional stress or a pathogen is thought to combine with hereditary factors to cause the condition. There are a few recorded cases of babies being born with congenital alopecia areata; however, these are not cases of autoimmune disease because an infant is born without a fully developed immune system.

• Age: Generally affects under 30 years of age.
• Predisposing factors:
  a) Poor health
  b) Heredity plays an important role
  c) Anxiety and fatigue.
• Sex: It affects both the sexes equally.

Pathological Changes

• Hair becomes weak from root and comes out of follicle.
• Atrophy of hair follicle occurs.
• Sebaceous glands becomes inactive or less active.

Clinical Features

• Insidious onset.
• Hair starts falling in clumps.
• White skin appears after the patches of hair falls.
• Baldness appears.

Classification:

• Alopecia areata : Loss of hair from scalp in patches.
• Alopecia totalis : Scalp hair loss along with eye brows.
• Alopecia universalis : Loss of hair all over the body.

Prognosis:

Growth of fine hair may be seen within two months. Majority of patients recover within a year. Sometimes patient may not recover. The new hair which appears can be pigmented, different from normal hair.

Alopecia Cure by Physiotherapy:

Aims:

• To improve general health
• To improve nutrition to hair follicles

Means:

• To improve general health UVR treatment + Theraktin are given. Sub-erythema or doses of E₁ are given for 5-8 minutes daily.
• Individual patches are treated by E₂ and E₃ doses of of UVR and Kromayer, twice a week.

Treatment should be continued for 2-3 months, and as the hair starts growing UVR must be stopped to that area. This should not be confused with balding. Sympathy and understanding is important in these cases.

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