Is it normal for newborns to lose their hair?

A small amount of hair loss in newborns is a normal phenomenon, mainly because of the newborn’s vigorous metabolism, but a large amount of hair loss is generally not normal, it is recommended that early diagnosis and treatment.
1. Normal: Most newborns will have hair after birth. If the newborn’s metabolism is strong, the body is in good condition, after a period of time, the original fetal hair may slowly fall off and grow new hair, which is a normal physiological phenomenon, does not require special treatment, parents do not need to worry too much.
2. abnormal: there are some newborns appear a lot of hair loss phenomenon, this is not a normal phenomenon. If the newborn hair loss, occipital baldness, sleep disturbance at night, wake up and other phenomena, consider that there may be a calcium deficiency, it is recommended to take the child to the doctor for examination in a timely manner.
Newborns with abnormal hair loss are advised to seek prompt medical attention to identify the cause of the problem.