Revealed: The real reason for hair loss

There are many reasons for hair loss. The most common reason is mental factors. If the psychological pressure is too high, it will cause endocrine disorders. At this time, the nutritional metabolism of the hair will be hindered, leading to hair loss. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, blood deficiency and kidney deficiency are also important causes of hair loss. In addition, disease causes and chemical and physical causes are the real causes of hair loss.

1. Mental factors

Excessive mental stress is a common cause of hair loss. Excessive stress, coupled with a weak psychological tolerance, can easily lead to hair breaking (trichotillomania), hair eating (trichotillomania), and hair pulling (trichotillomania).

2. Blood deficiency and kidney deficiency

According to traditional Chinese medicine, hair loss is caused by blood deficiency and kidney deficiency.

3. Disease factors

Head chickenpox, herpes zoster virus, leprosy bacteria, tuberculosis bacteria, pallid spirochete, protozoan infection, and tinea capitis caused by various fungi can all cause hair loss; anemia, liver disease, malnutrition, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, acanthosis nigricans, and febrile diseases such as typhoid fever, pneumonia, meningitis, influenza, etc. often lead to thinning hair; head trauma, lesions of the spinal cord, medulla oblongata, midbrain and brainstem can also cause hair loss.

4. Chemical factors

Cancer patients receiving anti-cancer drug treatment or long-term use of certain chemical preparations such as commonly used gentamicin, thyroxine, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, aspirin, indomethacin, birth control pills and other drugs often suffer from hair loss.

5. Endocrine disorders

For women, postpartum, menopausal, oral contraceptives and other situations can cause estrogen deficiency and hair loss for a certain period of time; hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, hypopituitarism, hypoparathyroidism, adrenal tumors, late-stage acromegaly, etc. can all lead to hair loss.

6. Improper diet and fat metabolism disorder

Excessive love of meat, alcoholism, excessive sugar or salt intake, protein deficiency, iron and zinc deficiency, excessive selenium, as well as metabolic disorders caused by some metabolic diseases are all causes of hair loss.