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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Tooth infection causing hair loss?

Did you know that a tooth infection could cause hair loss? A recent article we ran across by the University of Granada, advises going to the dentist when patients notice localized hair loss, in order to receive a careful examination of their oral health.

There is a close relationship between infection outbreaks on teeth and the presence of alopecia areata or localized alopecia, a type of hair loss which has an unknown origin. Alopecia areata starts with bald patches on the scalp, and sometimes elsewhere on the body. The disease occurs in males and females of all ages, and experts believe that it affects 1 out 1000 people.

Alopecia areata is a dermatitis which presents the following signs: The typical pattern is for one or more round bald patches to appear on the scalp, in the beard, or in the eyebrows, or to undergo a loss of eyelashes. Alopecia areata is thought to be an auto-immune disease.

(Read more at Science Daily)