Hi. My 9 year old son has had Alopecia Areata since age 2 and we have been doing bolus of solumedrol 5mg/kg 3 times a day for 3 days on several occasions. He did it once at age 2 and completely recovered. And last year he had a total hair loss and we did it every 4 months for 1 year and the hair grew back entirely until recently again he is having big patches and loosing all his hair very fast. Out doctor wants to do the treatment again after only one month of the last one.
My question is if doing this treatment for a kid ( almost 10 years old now) is dangerous for his health. We are being followed by a doctor in Brussels and they treat several children but as there are not many cases of children I was wondering if there is enough study of the effects of cortisone on growing children. We are supposed to travel again next week to Brussels for another dose of Solumedrol
I would love t have feed back of any children situations that are identical and that have done this solumedrol repeatedly.
Thanks for sharing
Joana