Why we get hair loss after K-19 and can it be avoided

Why we get hair loss after K-19 and can it be avoided
Why we get hair loss after K-19 and can it be avoided
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Coronavirus damages the entire human body, including hair. It becomes dry, lifeless and begins to fall heavily. This was explained by Natalia Shamanskaya, dermatologist, trichologist at the clinic of Medicine AD.

There are several reasons for poor hair condition, she said. First, there is strong intoxication of the body due to the treatment of Covid-19, when the patient receives high doses of antiviral, antibacterial and immunomodulatory therapy.

In addition, the virus itself has a toxic effect on the blood vessels adjacent to the hair follicle. With these effects on the body, diffuse alopecia can be observed, when the hair begins to fall evenly over the entire surface of the head.

Also, if a person was seriously ill with COVID-19 and was connected to an inhaler, he or she has ischemic hair loss, in which irreversible processes develop: skin necrosis or scarring.

“Another type [of hair loss] is the so-called anogenous alopecia or total hair loss. When hair falls from the whole body. The cause of such alopecia is the same intoxication. Such as cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Hair falls out everywhere and at the same time. After the toxic effect subsides, hair growth resumes," says Shamanskaya.

In addition to hair loss, patients develop a large number of gray hairs after coronavirus. This is due to nutritional deficiencies, the doctor concludes.

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