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Permalink Reply by Tammy -mom of Ramsey on December 2, 2008 at 9:05am

My daughter has been my sick child. She was the only out of my three who was exclusively breastfed, so it has always been my little joke that she has been the one who gets sick the most. She has ear tubes, aand is usually the first to get a fever, throwing up, ect....take your pick of illness. I don't know if it can be realted to the alopecia, but that is our experience.

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Permalink Reply by kirsten tyler-park on December 12, 2008 at 4:29pm

Hello Sherry,

Our baby whos 19 months old has just been diagnosed with AA - He is also always poorly with either a runny nose, cough or a cold. I have asked th hospital is this due to his immune system but they said no - we are gettinga second opion from Great Ormand Street Hosital and hope to be given more info - but anything you can pass on to us would be of use. I dont want to sue steriods on him do you know of anything else we can try

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Permalink Reply by Shelley on January 7, 2009 at 8:44pm

From what I have read and been told by experts -- anything that antangonizes the immune system can trigger the hair loss in a person who has alopecia. My son's doctor always stresses that we have to treat every runny nose, every cold, every allergy, and such! They also say that asthma and allergies are common in AA kids . . . my son has both!

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Permalink Reply by Gillian Hobson on January 10, 2009 at 5:47am

Hi Sherry
My daughter who is 5 has rapidly lost two thirds of her hair in six months but has always been extremely healthy!
It's really frustrating not being find the cause of AA.
Gill

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