Certain physiological conditions cause hair loss in both males and females.
Often, the hair loss comes about as a direct result of the illnesses.
The illnesses in question often affect the metabolic processes in the body.
Metabolic processes in the human body deal with the use of available organic and inorganic substrates present.
Diabetes Men and women suffering from Type I and Type II diabetes often experience hair loss as a result of sluggish blood circulation.
When blood circulation in the body is not efficient, the 'extremes' of the body, such as the scalp, the fingers and toes all have trouble receiving sufficient nutrients and oxygen.
Diabetics are also often more susceptible to stress than non-diabetics.
This state of being can also affect hair reproduction to a certain degree.
Diabetics should therefore be faithful to their maintenance drugs and should avoid being overly stressed.
Extreme Malnutrition One of the first things that are affected by malnutrition is the skin and hair.
Aside from malnutrition arising from the lack of nutritious foods, there's another kind of malnutrition that comes from the conscious avoidance of food.
Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa arise from the conscious avoidance of food for whatever purposes.
It should be noted that eating orders produce more serious effects on the body than hair loss.
Hair loss would be the least of your worries when you're suffering from purposeful starvation or bingeing.
Your heart might become enlarge.
Your eyesight and your sense of taste might also suffer.
Your liver and your digestive system will also suffer.
Psoriasis Psoriasis itself won't be the cause of hair loss; rather, we look at the treatment used to treat the skin condition.
When the treatment for psoriasis is too forceful, inflamed skin could occur.
When the scalp is inflamed, there's a big chance that the hair shafts would fall off easily.
When people continually poke their scalp to get the plaques off, traction alopecia may take place.
Traction alopecia takes place when a sustained source of force at any one location.
Originally, this problem was limited only to women who use tight braids too often.
When Trauma Strikes, Hair Falls Off Personal injuries or traumas can also cause diversion of energy from the scalp to other parts of the body.
When a person for instance suffers from massive bone fracturing and experiences a very painful convalescence, the bulk of the available vital nutrients might be diverted to the site on injury.
When this happens, it's best to double the intake of nutritious food to avoid balding during convalescence and even after.
If there's more than enough calcium, iron, protein, vitamins and minerals to go around, the hair loss might be less aggressive if it still does take place.
When you've fully recovered from whatever trauma there was and if there are no complications, the hair loss you've experienced will start to dissipate.
Eventually, you get your full head of hair back.
It's best to take care of your hair no matter what state it is in, especially if the hair loss is only temporary.
Never neglect your hair even if it appears as if it's abandoning you already.