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Posted On : 14 Dec 2025

What is the etiology of hair loss and slow growth of hair in children? What investigation and treatment?

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Rollands Kyomurungi

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multifunctional

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Dfsa Ata

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multifactorial:
Nutritional cause
endocrine causes
immunological causes

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Dfsa Ata

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malnutrition

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Shilpa Rahamatkar

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Nutritional deficiencies may cause hair loss especially iron deficiency anemia ....but slow growth may be a genetic problem.

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Tafaol Jumaa

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barter

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The commonest cause of hair loss in children is cancer treatment. Telogen effluvium is another classic cause of hair loss in children. Children with telogen effluvium have often had a recent illness, typically with a high fever, surgery, sudden weight loss, or even emotional stress, and then suddenly lose a lot of hair about six weeks to three months later. It is thought that this hair loss occurs because the original stressor pushes the child`s hair into a resting or dormant phase, instead of its more usual long growth phase. It then falls out until new hair grows and then follows the normal growth phases for hair. Other common causes of hair loss in children and teens include tinea capitis, traction alopecia, hair pulling, trichotillomania, alopecia areata, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus, or iron-deficiency anemia, malnutrition and Vitamin A toxicity.

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