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Alopecia Areata

Alopecia Areata. Camryn Smallwood Cyndavia Judd. What is Alopecia Areata ?. Alopecia Areata is a condition that causes patches of hair loss. This can be seen in children, men, and women. This usually occurs after a major even in your life such as pregnancy, trauma, or illness.

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Alopecia Areata

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  1. Alopecia Areata Camryn Smallwood Cyndavia Judd

  2. What is Alopecia Areata? • Alopecia Areata is a condition that causes patches of hair loss. • This can be seen in children, men, and women. • This usually occurs after a major even in your life such as pregnancy, trauma, or illness.

  3. How is Alopecia Autoimmune? • Alopecia is an autoimmune disease because the persons immune system attacks their own body. • In this case a persons immune system attacks their hair follicles, which causes the hair loss.

  4. Symptoms • Most people with alopecia are generally healthy. • Alopecia is not physically painful • Symptoms can sometimes lead to full body hair loss.

  5. Treatment • There is no cure for alopecia, but there are medications that can help grow hair back • These include • Corticosteroids • Rogaine • Anthralin • Topical sensitizers • Photochemotherapy

  6. More About Corticosteroids • They can be injected at the place of hair loss • This causes swelling and pain • They can also be taken orally • When taken orally they supress the immune system.

  7. Different Types of Alopecia • Alopecia Areata is patches of hair loss on head • alopecia areatatotalis is total hair loss on the head • alopecia areatauniversalis is when you lose all the hair on your body

  8. Works Cited • http://www.medicinenet.com/alopecia_areata/article.htm • http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/hair-loss/alopecia-areata

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