What to do if your child has severe hair loss and alopecia

Children hair loss hair loss is very serious, may be physiological hair loss, no need for treatment; may also be resting hair loss, baldness and other pathological hair loss, with glucocorticoids and other drugs.
1. Physiological hair loss
Physiological hair loss is the development of hair follicles in the surface layer of the human scalp and automatic shedding. Hair loss within 50~100 hairs per day is normal and does not require treatment.
2. Pathological hair loss
(1) Resting hair loss: there is no special treatment program for this disease, and the first thing is to remove the original cause of the disease. If it is caused by iron deficiency anemia, scalp infection, hyperthyroidism and other diseases, it should be treated, and hair loss can be gradually improved and returned to normal.
(2) Patchy baldness: For the hair loss area, strong glucocorticoid drugs such as halometasone ointment can be applied locally. Severe cases need to take oral glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone, which can be combined with topical application of minoxidil solution to accelerate hair growth.
The above medications should be administered under strict medical supervision. If the symptoms are not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause and then give targeted treatment.