Alopecia Areata And HOMOEOPATHY

ALOPECIA AREATA AND HOMOEOPATHY

- The loss of hair in PATCHE is known as ALOPECIA AREATA.

- It develops when the immune system attacks the hair follicles, resulting in hair loss.

- Sudden hair loss may occur on the scalp and other parts of the body.

- The condition rarely results in total hair loss, or alopecia universalis, but it can prevent hair from growing back.

- When alopecia areata appears in the beard, it is known as alopecia areata barbae.

- Homeopathic medicines works by stopping the progress in the size of the bald spots and help in the regrowth of hair.

- Homeopathic treatment for alopecia areata helps by optimizing the overactive immune system that is destroying the hair follicles.

CAUSES:

- Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease.

- An autoimmune disease develops when the immune system mistakes healthy cells for foreign substances.

- Stress, illness, and childbirth

- Drugs

- Cosmetic procedures

- Normally, the immune system defends your body against foreign invaders, such as viruses and bacteria. If you have alopecia areata, however, your immune system mistakenly attacks your hair follicles.

- Hair follicles are the structures from which hairs grow. The follicles become smaller and stop producing hair, leading to hair loss.

- Heredity and genetics play a significant role in alopecia areata.

- Medical conditions- Thyroid disease, lupus, diabetes, iron deficiency, and anemia can cause hair loss, but when the underlying condition is treated the hair will return.

- Patients suffering from alopecia areata very often mention a family member suffering from the same condition.

- Malnutrition

Types:

- Diffuse alopecia areata- Hair may also be lost more diffusely over the whole scalp

- Alopecia areata monolocularis- describes baldness in only one spot. It may occur anywhere on the head.

- Alopecia areata multilocularis -refers to multiple areas of hair loss.

- Alopecia areata barbae- The disease may be limited only to the beard.

- Alopecia totalis- If the patient loses all the hair on the scalp

- Alopecia universalis– If all body hair, including pubic hair, is lost.

SIGNS AND SYPTOMS:

- Alopecia areata shows up as bald patches. The most common areas for alopecia areata are the scalp and the beard, but may involve any body part with hair.

- There may be one, or multiple bald patches. The patches are usually round in shape and smooth to touch.

- If alopecia occurs in an ophiasis pattern (hair loss involving the temporal and posterior scalp) or if large areas of the scalp are involved for long periods of time, the prognosis is worse.

- A more generalized form of hair loss is referred to as diffuse alopecia areata where there is widespread dramatic thinning of the scalp hair.

- Occasionally, all of the scalp hair is entirely lost, a condition referred to as alopecia totalis. Less frequently, the loss of all of the hairs on the entire body, called alopecia universalis, occurs.

HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF ALOPECIA AREATA:

Fluoric Acid – First Homeopathic Medicine for Alopecia Areata

- Fluoric Acid helps in the regrowth of hair in the bald patches.

- Alopecia, with congestion of blood to the head, suggests this remedy.

- The new hair is dry, and breaks off.

- Tendency to develop alopecia in families

- Brittle hair

- Idiopathic hair fall

- Hair falls in spots, vertex baldness

- Falling of hair from syphilis. It is as near specific as is possible.

- Buoyant attitude towards life

- Extreme irritability and anger

- All complaints aggravated by warmth and better by cold application etc

- Fluoric Acid is also a highly suitable homeopathic medicine for hair fall after fever.

Phosphorus

- It works well in cases where a person suffers from the loss of hair in patches.

- Patchy baldness

- Dryness of hair and scalp, itchy scalp, dandruff

- Hair fall in handfuls while combing

- Frontal baldness

- In some cases, there is itching on the scalp along with hair fall.

- Phosphorus also seems to help cases of traction alopecia.

- In such situations, there is a receding hair line.

- Hair fall from the forehead is prominent.

- Thin physique, long fingers, high cheek bones

- Weakness with excess emotional vulnerability and impressionability

- Extremely sympathetic persons who go out-of-the-way to help others

- Hair fall after any hemorrhagic disorder

- Fearful when alone

- Better in company

- Person needing Phosphorus may crave cold drinks and ice creams.

Arsenic Album

- Itching and Burning on the Scalp

- Can use in some obstinate cases

- Circular bald patches along with itching and burning on the scalp.

- These symptoms aggravate at night.

- In some cases, the scalp is also sensitive.

- A person needs arsenic alb must be a restless and thirsty for small quantity and often

Phosphoric Acid

- Any sort of grief leading to hair fall

- Long-standing effects of mental agony and patient lives in the state of shock for long

- Takes stress easily

- Early graying of hair (sometimes in childhood)

- Progressive thinning of hair with Copious perspiration.

- Difficult comprehension of things.

- Earthy and anaemic look of face.

- Extreme debility and Chronic dyspepsia.

- Craves juicy and refreshing things.

Sepia

- Baldness menopausal and at menarche.

- Hair fall after delivery of the child with mental depression, during pregnancy continues delusion about neglected she is, leading to indifference.

- Hair pains when touched because of extremely sensitive hair roots with melasma.

- Irritability increased, with snappish attitude.

- Alopecia after chronic headaches.

- Pimply eruptions near the hairline on forehead

- Also given for alopecia begins due to fungal or tinea infection.

Silica

- Baldness in young people like school boys who had very heavy pressure for results.

- Hair fall in frontal and forehead region.

- Early graying of hair from pustular erruption

- Chilly with excessively sweaty cold palms

- Nervous and anxious disposition

- Mild types with white spots over nails

- Past history of delayed development of milestones.

- Fixed ideas, highly impressionable

Vinca Minor

- Works well in cases where there is a tendency for hair to fall in spots which are then replaced by white hair.

- Along with this, itching and violent scratching over the scalp may also be present.

Natrum Muriaticum

- It is frequently prescribed in cases of hair loss especially in anemic females.

- Affects hair follicles causes alopecia

- Greasy, oily skin, especially on hairy parts.

- Dry eruption on margin of hairy scalp and bends of joints.

- Worse from eating salt and at seashore.

- Hypochondriasis and weariness

- History of headache or malaria.

Lycopodium

- This drug is frequently prescribed for complaints of hair loss, premature baldness, premature graying of hair.

- Offensive secretions and violent itching are a few of its common indications.

- The complaints are worse from warmth and better by cold applications.

Mezereum

- Hair stick together

- Fall in handfuls

- Crusty eruptions on scalp leading to hair fall

- Itchy scalp, dandruff

- Alopecia Areata affecting scalp leading to hair fall

- Sensitive to cold air, skin rashes, eruptions, crusts below which is yellow purulent matter

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