What causes hair to fall out in small clumps?

Modern people are under great pressure, and hair loss is a common thing. Some people lose their hair in small patches, which is very worrying. Compared with losing hair in large patches, losing hair in small patches can easily lead to continuous hair loss, and eventually becoming a bald head. A bald head is not only ugly, but also affects the image. If it is a man with a bald head, it is okay, but if it is a woman, it will make it impossible for her to go out. The following are the reasons why small patches of hair are falling out.

What causes hair to fall out in small pieces?

1. Weak immune function

It may be due to some diseases caused by immune system disorders. Common diseases include diabetes, lupus erythematosus, pernicious anemia, idiopathic hypothyroidism, etc., which may lead to the occurrence of alopecia areata.

2. Mental factors

It is also the reason why hair falls out easily. Generally, people with alopecia areata have certain mental factors, which are often caused by their own worries and mental stimulation, as well as changes in living environment.

3. Genetic factors

This is also the reason why hair falls out in clumps. We cannot avoid such a reason. It is often because our parents suffer from alopecia areata that causes our own alopecia areata.

4. Disease infection

The lesions of some diseases can also cause hair loss. The reason for hair falling out in clumps may be due to infections such as bacteria, which lead to inflammation of blood vessels. This will cause the blood supply to the hair in the controlled area to be obstructed, resulting in hair loss.

5. Caused by endocrine abnormalities

This situation is often seen in patients with thyroid disease and is more closely related to hyperthyroidism, so you must pay attention to the regulation of your body.

It turns out that so many reasons can cause hair loss, so we must pay attention. We may not be able to change genetic factors, but if it is other factors, we can still adjust them. We need to develop good work and rest habits in our daily life.

Treatments for hair loss

Alopecia areata can be treated with oral medication, topical medication and diet therapy.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been aware of baldness. The liver stores blood, hair is the residue of blood, and the kidney governs bones. The cause of baldness is related to kidney deficiency and blood deficiency. In recent years, there has been a theory of blood stasis, so the general treatment of baldness focuses on tonifying the kidney, nourishing blood, and activating blood circulation. The branches of traditional Chinese medicine generally include heart and spleen deficiency type, liver and kidney deficiency type, liver depression and blood stasis type, and qi and blood deficiency type. The doctor can diagnose and treat the patient with prescriptions such as nourishing blood, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, nourishing yin and cooling blood, soothing the liver and regulating qi, and consolidating and unblocking the meridians.

(1) Blood nourishing and blood replenishing prescription

For example, Shen Ying Yang Zhen Dan is composed of blood-nourishing, kidney-tonifying and wind-removing drugs such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica sinensis, Ligustrum lucidum, Cuscuta australis and Notopterygium wilfordii. For a small number of patients who experience reactions such as dryness in the throat and mouth after taking the medicine, Liuwei Dihuang Pills or Dancao Xiegan Pills can be added.

(2) Liver and Kidney Nourishing Recipe

12 grams each of Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica sinensis, Morinda officinalis, Cistanche deserticola, Ligustrum lucidum, Morus alba, Notopterygium wilfordii, Red Spoon, White Spoon, and Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams each of Chuanxiong and Schizonepeta tenuifolia. It is especially effective for adolescents with short course of illness and fewer areas of hair loss.

(3) Spleen-strengthening and Qi-invigorating Prescription

(a) Take Yigongsan as the main ingredient, and add 30-60g of Astragalus, 12-15g of Codonopsis, 9-12g of Atractylodes and Poria, 6g of Tangerine Peel, and 12g of Licorice.

(b) 20g of red ginseng, 50g of astragalus, 30g of white spoon, 45g of white atractylodes, 20g of moxibustion liquorice, 30g of cinnamon bark, 20 pieces of jujube, add or subtract and grind into fine powder, add 500g of honey bee, make honey pills, each pill is 10g, contains 3.8g of raw herbs, take three times a day, one pill each time

(4) Yin-nourishing and blood-cooling prescription

9 grams each of raw rehmannia, glossy privet fruit, oriental water plantain, hawthorn, scutellaria, angelica dahurica, and mulberry leaves, 24 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and Eclipta prostrata, 6 grams each of gentian and phellodendron, and 12 grams of moutan bark.

(5) Soothing Liver and Regulating Qi Recipe

For example, Xiao Chaihu Decoction is used to treat alopecia areata. There are also reports in Japan that Xiao Chaihu Decoction with added ingredients is used to treat this disease, with satisfactory results, especially for patients with alopecia areata related to neurological factors.