Assessing the levels of nutrients like Biotin and copper in blood and hair of women with hair loss
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Caseswomen aged 18-45 years with diffuse hair loss lasting for more than 6 months diagnosed as chronic telogen effluvium Controlswomen with no hair lossHealth Condition 2: L650- Telogen effluvium
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 172
Cases:
•Consecutive consenting women aged 18-45 years presenting to the dermatology OPD with diffuse hair loss lasting for more than 6 months diagnosed as chronic telogen effluvium based on modified hair wash test and trichoscopy
Controls:
•Consenting women with no hair loss attending the dermatology OPD
Cases and Controls:
•Lactating women
•Post-menopausal women
•Prescription drugs known to affect the hair growth within the last six months
•Known systemic causes of hair loss (symptomatic anemia with Hb < 10gm/dl, overt hypo or hyperthyroidism on treatment, known diabetics and hypertensives on treatment, hepatic and renal diseases, connective tissue diseases, malignancies, tuberculosis)
•Chronic drug intake
•Inflammatory dermatoses involving scalp and hair â?? psoriasis, lichen planus, discoid lupus erythematosus
•History of hair dye application and cosmetic hair treatments like straightening, ironing, perming in the last 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method evels of biotin and copper in serum and hair samplesTimepoint: at the end of the stu <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>one year. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NA