What are the causes of alopecia and what is meant by this disease?

The causes of alopecia areata is one of the important topics that every person suffering from this disease must read carefully and take into account.

What is alopecia disease?

Before we get to know the most important causes of alopecia areata, we must first learn about alopecia areata, which is considered one of the famous autoimmune diseases, as the immune system works to attack the hair follicles, which contributes to hair loss suddenly in the form of multiple patches the size of a coin sometimes.

The amount of hair lost as a result of the disease varies from person to person, and hair loss often depends on multiple small patches, but the loss may be severe and contribute to hair loss in the entire scalp and here we call this condition alopecia totalis, or hair loss throughout the body and this case we call it Alopecia universalis, alopecia areata can affect both men and women, and the majority of cases of the disease occur before a person reaches the age of thirty, and hair may fall out again after it often grows.

Causes of alopecia areata

There are many causes of alopecia areata, as scientists were not able to reach the main cause of alopecia, as it is classified as an autoimmune disease, because the immune system is responsible for defending the body in the event of exposure to foreign bodies of viruses and bacteria, which may attack hair follicles And these follicles are the center of hair growth, as this patient causes hair loss, and there is a belief that the genetic factor and some stimuli are the reason why a person develops alopecia.

Among the most important causes of alopecia areata as follows:

• Suffering from an autoimmune disease such as vitiligo or thyroid disease.
• Suffering from asthma and other allergic diseases such as eczema or hay fever.
• Having relatives in the family who suffer from an allergic disease, or an autoimmune disease such as type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis.

Thus, we have provided you with everything you would like to know about the causes of alopecia areata, and if you wish to conduct it, we advise you to go to Right Hair Center, one of the best medical centers in Turkey for hair transplantation.