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Permalink Reply by Dielle on January 4, 2010 at 2:29am

Well autoimmune disorders tend to run in packs so you might want to get a blood test and an allergy test for gluten (wheat, rye, oats, etc..) because that has been linked to hairloss. Thyroid issues can also be linked to it, as well as adrenal gland issues so it never hurts to check. But if you do decide to check get referred to a childrens endocrinologist not just a regular doctor for the thyroid and adrenal gland. I personally have a thyroid disorder and alopecia but treating the thyroid hasn't done anything for the alopecia unfortunately. Other than that triggers can be anything from traumatic events to other medical problems to an illness of some sort to an allergy which is why doctors don't know how to treat alopecia, they don't even know what causes it! I had alopecia when I was two and when I was four it randomly grew back then when I was twelve I lost it all again and now I am almost 19 and still bald. It works in mysterious ways unfortunately. But I would look into those things because you never know! Best wishes!

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Permalink Reply by lynne on January 4, 2010 at 5:42pm

i have also heard that skin conditions can cause alopecia, and i have had terrible skin since i was young, i have suffered allergys eczema and very dry skin, never had severe cases tho, but took an allergic reaction to the sun last yr at the age of 28, which ive never had before, its called polymorphic light eruption it happened in the spring wen ur body is gettin used to the new heat, i was lucky that it cleared up altho i nd to see if it'll happen again wen the spring is comin again, and that allergy caused my hair to fall out within 2wks, hope this helps to,

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Permalink Reply by Alia Ingerslev on January 5, 2010 at 4:32am

My son is 6 years old too. He has had a large bald patch for 8 months now and a few days after starting a penicillin treatment for throat infection a new small patch appeared. I will look into his medical journal to see if the first instance of Alopecia can be linked to the initiation of penicillin treatments.

Kind regards
Alia

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on January 11, 2010 at 11:55pm

This is Chandler's mom, she is 10 and has had AA since April 09. She has allergies and asthma. We were giving her allergy shots and she was on Singulair. We stopped both and her hair has grown in. We are not definite if this will last but for now, it is working. We also used Dritho-Scalp cream and a foam steroid for a couple of months. These were prescribed by her dermatologist. We have also been trying to figure out what triggered her AA and we believe it had to do with the allergy shots and Singulair. Good luck:)

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Permalink Reply by Suzi on January 14, 2010 at 8:22pm

I didn't have food allergies, but I have urticaria (hives) for 2 years, 24 hours a day... It is one type of autoimmune disease where you have itches all over your body and big wheals on your skin. I was on 2 tablet daily to survive the day.
Then urticaria suddenly stops, and year after I got alopecia. The reason why I have urticaria and now alopecia is mistery for the alopetic medicine...
My acupuncturist said that maybe I had Candida for many years...so i start to treat that also.
Probably there is conection, between allerigies and alopecia, because both of them are autoimmune disease.

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Permalink Reply by Alia Ingerslev on January 24, 2010 at 2:24pm

Now I have checked my son's use of medicines through his six years. It appears that 3 months before we consulted a dermatologist regarding his first bald patch in May 2006 he was prescribed a type of penicillin called Vepicombin. When we discovered the last patch in December 2009 it was only three days after beginning with exactly the same type of medicine. Finaly, 4 -5 months before the appearance of the bald patch that has developed and grown since March 2009 he was prescribed with another kind of penicillin. SO now we have at least three cases of penicillin treatment given prior to each development of a patch. Has anybody made similar connections?

I think I will post a topic about it.

I think a lot has to do with the misfunction of the stomach-system (intestine)due to the penicillin so we are trying to boost his system by giving him probiotics. Also we are using ayurvedic treatment since two and a half months and we are now seeing small improvements in the shape of little real hairs - not the white down type. I am optimistic.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Neil on February 2, 2010 at 7:46pm

I think that the other skin problems are just other manifestations of autoimmune problems. Which is to say I don't think that the skin problems cause the alopecia they are just another symptom of the underlying problem. My brother has the light sensitivity thing I have alopecia and eczema and my grandma has an autoimmune thyroid condition as well as one that attacks the knitting process of broken bones. There seems to be a lot of evidence for genetic tendancies, gluten, and dairy issues and thyroid issues.

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Permalink Reply by Alyssa (barbara-mom) on February 18, 2010 at 11:05pm

Hi cathie,
My 9 year old daughter has multiple food allergies, receives allergy shots and is treated for asthma. She first experienced AA in May 2009. It was one patch which grew back with topical steroids. However, the AA came back much worse recently and her hair is falling out significantly. I believe her allergies are definitely a contributing factor to this problem. But when you ask her allergists they say it has nothing to do with it. I don't know what to believe. I wish I had advice for you, hopefully we can both get some answers.
Barb

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Permalink Reply by Leresa on March 6, 2010 at 4:17am

Yeah from what I understand & educated myself about AU/AA is it's majority linked to other auto-immuned. I had bad asthma as a child. It seemed like after every Cross Country race if I didn't have my inhaler in reach off to E.R. I went. But I grew out of it by early twenties or so & have had no other problems of any sort. I hardly even get sick.. I always have docs do a full check on my Thyroid during the days when I was trying to cure myself & read somewhere that thyroid issues cause hair loss but the results were always a normal.

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