February 1 2007, 12:34 pm PT | Posted in: Diseases + Female Hair Loss + Hair Loss Causes
I am desperate for information. I have been to dermatologists and M.D.’s and am not sure what to believe any more. The dermatologist told me my hair loss was due to an autoimmune disease and gave me steroid shots in the head and did a biopsy and said the hair follicles where still alive. Went to M.D and had blood test told it was not audio immune. Been told many times it was thyroid then had blood test done and they came back fine. There is nobody else in family with this problem. Please help am desperate. Had mono 1 and a half years ago. Can this cause hair loss? what can I do? I am a female and this is very embarrassing.
I can not be your doctor over the internet, but the questions you asked are ones that you need to know the answers to. You were told you have auto-immune disease, then had none. Then it was thyroid disease, then not. You need to get a full examination to find out the cause of your hair loss. Any illness (even mono) can trigger hair loss in those people who have the hair loss genetics (women included). Are you one of those women?
You need to bond with a good doctor. Like a good marriage, the partnership between patient and doctor is a partnership where the doctor works for the patient on the presented problem in the patient’s time frame. If you do not have the right partner (doctor), get rid of him/her and find one who respects you as an individual with needs and gives you the service you are paying for.
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I had mono also about 2 years ago. I also had a bad case of hair loss. My hair has not grown back either. My hair was much thicker and I am only 32 years of age. I did not go to the Dr. right away. I have two young children so I thought I was just tired. I probaly had mono for about 3 months before I went to the doctor and he diagnosed me with mono. He told me that losing my hair was one of the side affects of having mono. I also want my hair back. I do not wear my hair down because I am very self conscience about how thin it is. What vitamins or shampoos should I be using?
I also had mono about 5 years ago. It took me 2 years to recover from. It even changed my silky hair into frizz permanently. A year after full recovery my hair began to shed, falling out from the roots. I do not have damaged hair. Now, 3 years later it is still falling out. I’m in my 20’s and used to have hair as thick as a horses tail, but now I’m afraid that in a few more months it’s going to be so thin that I’m just going to have to shave it all off.
Been to multiple drs. for the the past 3 years and I get the same responses. They tell me all my blood work checks out fine and I’m healthy.