What is alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks the hair follicles of the body and causes hair loss.
Medications and therapy are prescribed to restore hair. In severe clinical cases, hair loss is not amenable to treatment.
In a large percentage of clinical cases, the scalp is affected, although alopecia areata can occur in any other area of the body where there is hair.
Alopecia is a medical term and refers to hair loss, and the additional word alopecia means that a kind of round space may appear on the hair cover, which is empty, that is, it is in this area that baldness occurs, the hair has fallen out.
No one is immune from alopecia areata, although the risk is higher in the following circumstances:
- It is common in children;
- A family history of alopecia areata;
- You or someone in your family has an autoimmune disorder.
Alopecia areata is a common condition - statistically, more than 7 million people in the United States are diagnosed with this condition.
Alopecia areata is not contagious.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12423-alopecia-areata
