Explanation:
This is a condition where hair falls out a lot at the back of the neck, like a ring around the baby's head. The baby's hair often falls out at the roots and falls out in clumps at the back of the neck. This condition is common in children aged 3-6 months. In addition to hair loss, the baby will often have some unusual symptoms such as:
- Crying, sweating and difficulty sleeping.
- Often startled when sleeping at night.
- The baby's fontanelle (top of the head) is wide and slow to close.
- The skull is soft and may be abnormally flattened.
- The baby is often constipated.
Causes of ringworm hair loss:
To accurately determine the cause of ringworm hair loss in children, parents need to take their children to medical facilities for examination. Because finding the cause is the key to helping children recover. Ringworm hair loss in children can be caused by many causes ranging from severe to mild.
1. Decreased body hormones:
Newborn hair loss often comes from hormonal imbalance from birth. The cause may be due to hormonal disorders in the mother's body or malnutrition in the child. Hair loss due to this cause is often detected with postpartum hair loss in the mother.
2. Due to rickets, malnutrition:
This is one of the most important causes. Children have ringworm hair loss due to lack of sunbathing, poor appetite or insufficient nutrition in breast milk. This causes children to lack vitamin D or calcium, leading to large patches of hair loss at the nape of the neck. This condition is also a warning sign of rickets and malnutrition. Parents should not be subjective, need to change their diet to avoid negative impacts on the child's development. If you have gone to the doctor and measured normal calcium levels, you need to consider the following causes.
3. Children's sleeping position:
Parents often fix their sleeping position by inserting pillows and blankets to prevent children from rolling and turning dangerously. However, this inadvertently causes the baby to only lie in one position, such as lying on his back. Most of the time the scalp is in direct contact with the pillow, making it more difficult for hair to grow. At that time, the hair in that area is not ventilated, plus the sweat secreted can easily cause hair loss.
What to do when your child has ringworm hair loss:
If it is not due to serious problems, you can reduce your child's hair loss yourself with the following methods:
1. Supplement adequate nutrition for mother and baby:
If it is due to genetic causes such as hormonal disorders, it is difficult to treat. It is best to prevent it as soon as the mother is pregnant to avoid hair loss for both mother and baby. Nutritional supplements for pregnant women include protein, vitamins and water. In addition, when the mother is pregnant, she needs someone to take care of her and share with her to avoid endocrine disorders due to depression and stress.
For children, they are still drinking milk at this stage. Make sure the milk you choose has enough nutrients for your child. Regularly let your child sunbathe in the early morning to synthesize vitamin D to prevent rickets.
2. Change your child's sleeping position:
With ringworm hair loss due to lying position, you should put your child to sleep in different positions. Parents should try to turn the child over after a certain period of time. Combine regular pillow changes, wiping sweat and letting the child sleep in a well-ventilated place that is not too tight. It is necessary to create a habit for the child, after 6 months, the child can adjust his/her position.
3. Take the child to the doctor:
The most important thing to do when the child has a long-term hair loss around the head that does not improve after 6 months is to take the child to a medical facility to diagnose the cause. Especially with signs of underlying diseases such as: red, scaly skin; skin with small bald spots.
Note that you must absolutely not arbitrarily buy medicine or change the prescribed dosage. The younger the child, the more strictly the use of medicine must be to avoid side effects.