wellheymel
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My daughter has had a rough year. Three months ago she had an MRSA infection in her nose, which caused harmful bacteria to enter her blood and caused her a stroke that affected her left side of her body and overall movement. She was in the hospital for a month with antibiotics and an IV, and was transferred to a medical center where she received Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy for three weeks. Luckily, after those three weeks showed no memory loss or permanent damage to her brain, her movement has gone back to normal (although she gets tired easily but with consistency comes improvement) and her left side of her body is working fine and normal as well.
However, when she got back (she's been back for about a month now) to home, after a week or two I noticed a large bald spot underneath all of her hair. It's located next to her left ear and I didn't see it when I was caring for her in the hospital since it was hidden. It is a complete bald spot, and fairly large, about two inches in diameter. It is just white and feels normal, no bumps or redness. However, there are a lot of short growing hairs coming back.
We went to a doctor a week ago about it and she took pictures and did a swab to test if there was an infection (which she reassured us was unlikely) and to see if the patch would grow in a few weeks. I noted that she didn't have much hair loss elsewhere but did lose quite a lot in the hospital on her pillow and from washing her hair. The doctor said since it was growing it shouldn't be a problem and if overall hair loss wasn't severe, no treatment would be neccesary.
Well after my daughter and I have noticed that with the slightest pull on her hair she will easily lose 5-10 pieces. She's also been getting a lot of flakes and white stuff on her scalp, dandruff or lice that she's never had before now. Her hair falls out extremely easily and we'll see it everywhere: on her shirt when she is just sitting down, washing her hair, combing with a wide-toothed comb (about 20 still), etc.
What can we do or what might be the cause of this? We are seeing the doctor again shortly. She's still on medicine and antibiotics such as doxycycline, aspirin, iron, etc. She does have an iron defiencicy but she takes two pills a day for it already. She's had two surgeries in the span of two months. Her stress levels are low except for now where she is very stressed out due to the amount of hair loss. She never wears tight ponytails or hairstyles and leaves her hair natural and untouched 90% of the time. She sometimes straighten, but that is once per 2 weeks usually and is just a brief straightening.
Please help. I am worried. (Pics will be provided if needed)
However, when she got back (she's been back for about a month now) to home, after a week or two I noticed a large bald spot underneath all of her hair. It's located next to her left ear and I didn't see it when I was caring for her in the hospital since it was hidden. It is a complete bald spot, and fairly large, about two inches in diameter. It is just white and feels normal, no bumps or redness. However, there are a lot of short growing hairs coming back.
We went to a doctor a week ago about it and she took pictures and did a swab to test if there was an infection (which she reassured us was unlikely) and to see if the patch would grow in a few weeks. I noted that she didn't have much hair loss elsewhere but did lose quite a lot in the hospital on her pillow and from washing her hair. The doctor said since it was growing it shouldn't be a problem and if overall hair loss wasn't severe, no treatment would be neccesary.
Well after my daughter and I have noticed that with the slightest pull on her hair she will easily lose 5-10 pieces. She's also been getting a lot of flakes and white stuff on her scalp, dandruff or lice that she's never had before now. Her hair falls out extremely easily and we'll see it everywhere: on her shirt when she is just sitting down, washing her hair, combing with a wide-toothed comb (about 20 still), etc.
What can we do or what might be the cause of this? We are seeing the doctor again shortly. She's still on medicine and antibiotics such as doxycycline, aspirin, iron, etc. She does have an iron defiencicy but she takes two pills a day for it already. She's had two surgeries in the span of two months. Her stress levels are low except for now where she is very stressed out due to the amount of hair loss. She never wears tight ponytails or hairstyles and leaves her hair natural and untouched 90% of the time. She sometimes straighten, but that is once per 2 weeks usually and is just a brief straightening.
Please help. I am worried. (Pics will be provided if needed)