Sparse Hair Growth Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Growth Hormone Deficiency

Other side effects in children include sparse hair growth and frontal recession, and pili torti and trichorrhexis nodosa are also sometimes present.[5]:501 Adults[edit] Recognised [en.wikipedia.org]

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Bjornstad Syndrome

The patients had scalp hair at birth that along with the eyelashes began falling out at the age of 2–3 months, eventually leaving only sparse short hair growth over the scalp [doi.org]

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Hypogonadism

[…] facial or body hair Growth of breast tissue As the level of testosterone in the body decreases with age, men may also experience: Fatigue Decreased sex drive Difficulty concentrating [everydayhealth.com]

As adults, affected patients have poor muscle development, a high-pitched voice, a small scrotum, decreased phallic and testicular growth, sparse pubic and axillary hair, [msdmanuals.com]

[…] testicles Arms and legs that grow out of proportion to the rest of the body In men, symptoms of hypogonadism include: Infertility Low sex drive Erectile dysfunction (ED) Sparse [everydayhealth.com]

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Vaginospasm

Is a False General finding of abdomen Inferred relationship Some Sparse growth of downy pubic hair Is a False General finding of abdomen Inferred relationship Some Growth [tx.fhir.org]

[…] finding Is a False General finding of abdomen Inferred relationship Some Kidney finding Is a False General finding of abdomen Inferred relationship Some Prepubertal - no pubic hair [tx.fhir.org]

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Bronchial Disease

Abstract Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is a rare disease characterized by deficient sweating, sparse hair growth, and deficient teeth. [annals.org]

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Growth Failure

Other side effects in children include sparse hair growth and frontal recession, and pili torti and trichorrhexis nodosa are also sometimes present. [5] : 501 Adults Edit [en.m.wikipedia.org]

[…] dentition Micropenis Sparse and thin hair A poor appetite Auxological parameters The following auxological parameters are suggestive of GHD. 8 Severe growth retardation with [pharmaceutical-journal.com]

[…] failure, macrocephaly, a typical coarse face, short neck, developmental delay, psychomotor retardation, sparse curly hair, dark skin, neurologic abnormalities, cardiac defects [amhsr.org]

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Loose Anagen Syndrome

This may be responsible for sparse hair growth. Etiology Although its occurrence is typically sporadic, familial cases of loose anagen syndrome have been observed. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Symptoms - Loose anagen hair syndrome * Physical examination reveals sparse growth of thin, fine hair and diffuse or patchy alopecia without inflammation or scarring. * Gentle [checkorphan.org]

The impaired attachment may result in premature cessation of the anagen phase and account for reduced hair length. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Klinefelter Syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome is associated with hypogonadism leading to low testosterone and its secondary manifestations including gynecomastia, sparse hair growth, more feminine [clinicaladvisor.com]

At puberty, growth of facial hair is often sparse, and the breasts may enlarge somewhat (gynecomastia). [msdmanuals.com]

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Lynch Syndrome

blood and immune problems; and fine, sparse, light-colored hair. [integratedgenetics.com]

Cartilage-hair hypoplasia Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is an inherited disease characterized by abnormal bone growth, causing short stature and other skeletal anomalies [integratedgenetics.com]

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Alopecia Areata

The immune system of the body mistakenly stops hair growth for unknown reasons. [skinsight.com]

[…] and can thicken up surrounding normal hairs to camouflage the sparse AA affected areas. [omicsonline.org]

Hair loss may be patchy or sparse and may involve the rest of the body in addition to the scalp. [skinsight.com]

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Joint Subluxation

They all had the same general appearance: obese, with sparse hair, protruding forehead, and a collapsed nasal bridge. [discovermagazine.com]

Laron’s earliest patients included three young siblings—two boys and a girl—with severely stunted growth. [discovermagazine.com]

Physicians throughout Israel began sending him patients, some with childhood diabetes and others with growth and sexual development disorders. [discovermagazine.com]

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Tricho-rhino-phalangeal Syndrome

A bulbous, pear-shaped nose, elongated philtrum, sparse hair, cone-shaped epiphyses and mild growth retardation are found in both type I (TRPSI) and type II (TRPSII). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] fine hair, pear-shaped nose and variable growth retardation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

hair. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Laron Syndrome

Affected children have, among other defects, sparse hair growth and frontal recessions. The hair is thin and easy to pluck. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] factor 1 (IGF-1) deficiency and primary growth hormone insensitivity. [karger.com]

Sparse hair. Genitalia : Small gonads and external genitalia Other features : include neonatal hypoglycaemia, high pitched voice, decreased sweating. [genetics4medics.com]

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Achard Thiers Syndrome

[…] changes Absent menstruation Sparse menstruation Excessive hair growth Facial acne Increased blood pressure Obesity What causes Achard Thiers Syndrome? [patientworthy.com]

growth in females Diabetes mellitus Voice changes Absent menstruation Sparse menstruation Excessive hair growth Facial acne Hypertrophic clitoris Atrophic breast Obesity [healthinfi.com]

There are also cases of growth of 'manly hair' all over the body. The most common complication of this disorder is hirsutism. [dianamossop.com]

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Psychosomatic Disorder

[…] retardation Microcephaly, Growth Retardation, Cataract, Hearing Loss, and Unusual Appearance Microcephaly, Severe, with Skeletal Anomalies including Posterior Rib-Gap Defects [rgd.mcw.edu]

Hair Mental Retardation Seizures Microcephaly with Chemotactic Defect and Transient Hypogammaglobulinemia microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, or mental [rgd.mcw.edu]

Joint Dislocations metaphyseal dysplasia-maxillary hypoplasia-brachydacty syndrome Microcephaly Cervical Spine Fusion Anomalies Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome Microcephaly Sparse [rgd.mcw.edu]

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Pallidopyramidal Syndrome

[…] delay Failure to thrive Cryptorchidism Obesity Myopathy Alopecia Downbeat nystagmus Severe short stature Hypogonadism Micropenis Hypothyroidism Hypoglycemia Sparse hair Small [mendelian.co]

Alopecia areata Retinal atrophy Progressive gait ataxia Chorioretinal atrophy Spinocerebellar tract degeneration Growth hormone deficiency Frontal bossing Focal impaired [mendelian.co]

[…] gestational age Drowsiness Neonatal hypoglycemia Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia Optic neuropathy Hyperinsulinemia Tachycardia Hypoketotic hypoglycemia Hypoplasia of penis Sparse [mendelian.co]

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Rothmund Thomson Syndrome

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome is also characterized by: sparse hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes; slow growth and small stature; abnormalities of the teeth and nails; and gastrointestinal [medicinenet.com]

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome is also characterized by sparse hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes; slow growth and small stature; abnormalities of the teeth and nails; and gastrointestinal [malacards.org]

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Muscular Dystrophy

[…] and coarse hair, growth failure, and deterioration of the nervous system Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome; misshaped nose, brachydactyly of the distal phalanges, sensorineural [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] hyperuricemia) Lowe syndrome; hydrophthalmia, cataracts, intellectual disabilities, aminoaciduria, reduced renal ammonia production and vitamin D-resistant rickets Menkes disease; sparse [en.wikipedia.org]

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Sick Sinus Syndrome

growth in unusual places such as the back (hypertrichosis); and sparse scalp hair. [rarediseases.org]

Additional features may include thick eyebrows, long eyelashes, and generalized excessive hair growth (hypertrichosis) with the exception of the scalp hair, which tends to [rarediseases.org]

[…] be relatively sparse (scalp hypotrichosis). [rarediseases.org]

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May-Thurner Syndrome

blood and immune problems; and fine, sparse, light-colored hair. [integratedgenetics.com]

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

[…] and coarse hair, growth failure, and deterioration of the nervous system Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome; misshaped nose, brachydactyly of the distal phalanges, sensorineural [en.wikipedia.org]

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Retinitis Pigmentosa

We report a male patient with retinitis pigmentosa, growth failure, long eyelashes, and sparse hair, which are typical signs of Oliver-McFarlane syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Solid Ovarian Teratoma

[…] retardation Microcephaly, Growth Retardation, Cataract, Hearing Loss, and Unusual Appearance Microcephaly, Severe, with Skeletal Anomalies including Posterior Rib-Gap Defects [rgd.mcw.edu]

Hair Mental Retardation Seizures Microcephaly with Chemotactic Defect and Transient Hypogammaglobulinemia microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, or mental [rgd.mcw.edu]

Joint Dislocations metaphyseal dysplasia-maxillary hypoplasia-brachydacty syndrome Microcephaly Cervical Spine Fusion Anomalies Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome Microcephaly Sparse [rgd.mcw.edu]

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Hydronephrosis

[…] scalp hair. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Other findings commonly include feeding difficulties, slow growth, ophthalmologic abnormalities, and hearing impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] phalanx or nail of the fifth and additional digits, developmental or cognitive delay of varying degree, distinctive facial features, hypotonia, hirsutism/hypertrichosis, and sparse [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Psychomotor Retardation

A syndrome of intrauterine dwarfism, short stature, mental retardation, sparse hair, eczema, and characteristic facies. [icd10data.com]

The phenotype varies from normal growth and head circumference with mild psychomotor retardation and lack of eczema to severe growth and mental retardation, microcephaly, [icd10data.com]

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Familial Angiolipomatosis

[…] deficieny heart, congenital defect high forehead hyperkeratosis nasal bridge, depressed palpebral fissures, downward slanting woolly, sparse and friable hair Comment Hallmarks [hccpjournal.biomedcentral.com]

[…] of CFC are a typical facies, congenital heart defects (predominantly pulmonary stenosis and ASD), growth failure and ectodermal anomalies. [hccpjournal.biomedcentral.com]

[…] mapped to 15q21 MEK2, mapped to 7q32 Tumour features: hepatoblastoma Tumour features (possible): leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic (ALL) rhabdomyosarcoma Non-tumour features: growth [hccpjournal.biomedcentral.com]

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Coronary Cataract

hair, poorly developed teeth, and growth retardation. [entokey.com]

Early graying, hair loss, and absence or sparseness of eyelashes and eyebrows are common. [entokey.com]

Most patients show growth retardation, dystrophy of the nails and teeth, hypogonadism, and alopecia. [entokey.com]

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Breast Hypertrophy

Pubic hair development: Stage 1. Prepubertal: vellus over pubis. Stage 2. Sparse growth of long, slightly pigmented, downy hair Stage 3. Considerably darker, coarser. [web.archive.org]

Sparse facial hair and a high-pitched voice are also characteristics in some cases. [doi.org]

Additional symptoms, which may or may not be associated, are also related to estrogen excess and include accelerated bone growth during the peripubertal period, resulting [doi.org]

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Fabry Disease

hair growth, and rarely malformation of the joints of the fingers. [rarediseases.org]

[…] symptoms that may be associated with Fabry disease include chronic fatigue, dizziness, headache, generalized weakness, nausea, and/or vomiting, delayed puberty, lack of or sparse [rarediseases.org]

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Autosomal Recessive Pachydermoperiostosis

Note: Sparse hair growth over the Chest and Axilla. 8. Clubbing 9. Note: Clubbing in the feet with Symmetric enlargement of both ankles and knees. 10. [slideshare.net]

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