What should I do if my child's hair is falling out?

Children are still in an important stage of growth and development, and their resistance and immunity are relatively weak, so there are many problems. What should we do if children lose a lot of hair? It depends on what the mother does. According to some medical experts, the answer is that hair loss may be caused naturally or caused by some diseases. Therefore, when parents encounter this situation, they must take them to the hospital for a detailed and comprehensive examination in time.

There are generally two possibilities for this situation:

1. Physiological hair loss: The baby's lanugo may fall off in the first few weeks after birth, and the hair will recover after a few months. This is a normal phenomenon. Babies can also experience hair loss due to constant friction on their heads. When a baby is sleeping, the pressure generated by the weight of the head alone can cause a large area of ​​hair loss on the baby's back of the head. This is because the roots of a newborn's hair are not yet firmly attached to the skin, so even if the friction is not frequent, it can cause the hair to loosen and fall off.

2. Pathological hair loss: It is more common in rickets (calcium deficiency). In addition to hair loss, rickets is often accompanied by other symptoms, such as crying, waking up easily during sleep, sweating, etc. Because the pillow is irritated by sweat, babies often shake their heads and rub against the pillow when they sleep, resulting in sparse hair and hair loss on the pillow, forming typical occipital annular hair loss, which is medically known as "occipital baldness" and is an early manifestation of rickets in infants. Hair loss in three-month-old babies is generally physiological hair loss, so there is no need to worry too much. However, babies grow and develop very quickly after birth, and are prone to calcium deficiency. To prevent this, you should give them cod liver oil drops from 15 days after birth, and start taking calcium supplements at 4 months, and continue until about 2 years old.

Alopecia refers to the phenomenon of hair loss. The hair that falls out normally is in the regression phase and the resting phase. Since the hair entering the regression phase and the hair entering the new growth phase are constantly in a dynamic balance, the normal amount of hair can be maintained. The above is normal physiological hair loss. Pathological hair loss refers to abnormal or excessive hair loss, which has many causes.

Hair loss is a normal part of metabolism. If your child's hair is falling out in clumps, take your child to have his or her kidney function checked. Whether there is a lack of trace elements should be checked through blood tests.

You can make a comprehensive judgment based on the child's other symptoms, such as night terrors, excessive night sweats, irritability, etc., and weight gain.

Children's observation and judgment abilities are not yet very clear, so it depends on parents' important observations when combing or washing their children's hair. What should we do if children are losing a lot of hair? The most effective way is to go to the hospital for treatment, because hair loss can be used to check what diseases the child has. It must not be taken lightly, resulting in serious consequences.