Patient's question:
The girl is 6 years old. She was found to be losing hair about a week ago.Doctor's answer:
It could be alopecia areata, which is a common skin disease characterized by sudden or gradual patchy hair loss. Modern medicine believes that this condition is related to neurological dysfunction and immune responses. Excessive mental exertion, long-term mental worries, anxiety, sadness, and panic all fall under the category of neurological dysfunction and are the most common causes of triggering alopecia areata. Therefore, patients with alopecia areata often experience insomnia, irritability, and other symptoms of neurological excitation, or drowsiness, mental fatigue, and other symptoms of neurological inhibition. The commonly used traditional Chinese medicine formulations for treating alopecia areata mainly include Shiquan Dabu Wan, Yangxue Shengfa Wan, Yangxue Shengfa Capsules, and Fuwu Pian, etc.