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Patients with loose anagen hair syndrome usually experience hair thinning around the whole scalp or at the occipital scalp, at the back of the head. [7] Although this is a hair condition, there have only been reports of this condition also affecting the patient's eyebrows.
Efforts to stop pulling hair typically fail. Hair removal may occur anywhere; however, the head and around the eyes are most common. The hair pulling is to such a degree that it results in distress and hair loss can be seen. [1] [2] As of 2023, the specific cause or causes of trichotillomania are unclear.
Lemierre's syndrome begins with an infection of the head and neck region, with most primary sources of infection in the palatine tonsils and peritonsillar tissue. [10] Usually this infection is a pharyngitis (which occurred in 87.1% of patients as reported by a literature review [ 6 ] ), and can be preceded by infectious mononucleosis as ...
The Bottom Line on What to Avoid for Alopecia Areata. Alopecia areata and the patchy hair loss it causes can be distressing. Plus, because this type of hair loss is caused by inflammation that ...
Hair transplantation is a surgical hair loss treatment that involves extracting hair follicles from the sides and back of your head and transplanting them to areas with bald spots and thin hair.
A positive Pemberton's sign is indicative of superior vena cava syndrome (SVC), commonly the result of a mass in the mediastinum.Although the sign is most commonly described in patients with substernal goiters where the goiter "corks off" the thoracic inlet, [4] the maneuver is potentially useful in any patient with adenopathy, tumor, or fibrosis involving the mediastinum.
Trichorrhexis nodosa is a defect in the hair shaft characterized by thickening or weak points (nodes) that cause the hair to break off easily. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 636 This group of conditions contributes to the appearance of hair loss , lack of growth, and damaged-looking hair.
Exhalation against the closed glottis along with the traumatic event causes air that cannot escape from the thoracic cavity. Instead, the air causes increased venous back-pressure, which is transferred back to the heart through the right atrium, to the superior vena cava and to the head and neck veins and capillaries. [4]