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Health Tip: Losing Your Hair?

By ariannawmd on December 8, 2014

Shedding hair can be a genetic trait, but it can also be a sign of physical or mental distress.

The American Academy of Dermatology mentions these potential reasons for hair shedding:

Losing at least 20 pounds quickly.
Having recently given birth.
Suffering a great deal of emotional stress, such as from a family problem or loss of a job.
Having a high fever or a serious illness, or having recently had an operation.
Having recently stopped taking birth control pills.

Source: HealthDay

Are You Living with Psoriasis?

A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.

Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.

“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.

There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.

Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.

Health Tip: Losing Your Hair?

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