Why do children lose their hair?

Before a child is one month old, he or she may experience hair loss. At this time, parents may worry that the child may have some illness that causes this situation. In fact, hair loss is quite common in children. Of course, this symptom can be divided into two types. The first is natural hair loss, and the second is hair loss caused by some illness. So how can we tell what the cause of hair loss is? Next, I will give you a detailed introduction on why children lose their hair.

There are generally two possibilities for this situation: 1. Physiological hair loss: The baby's fetal hair may fall off in the first few weeks after birth, and it 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. It is recommended to take your baby to the hospital to check for trace elements to see if he is deficient in calcium so that he can be supplemented in time. Hair loss not only occurs in young people and adults, but some children also suffer from it. Hair loss in children is not only a concern for parents, but also has a great impact on the children themselves. So we need to pay attention to it so that we can treat it symptomatically.

The above is a detailed introduction to hair loss in children. I believe that everyone should have a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of this symptom here. In fact, as long as everyone can take the children to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment in the early stage of the symptoms, then the editor believes that the children will be able to recover soon and grow a head of black and shiny hair soon.