Hair loss

Perbezaan dalam masa sebulan..

Pening mama fikirkan.. Pada mulanya mama memang sangat risaukan takut Alopecia Areata. Tapi setelah sebulan observation, mama rasa bukan kot sebab rambut Z gugur secara menyuruh, bukan bertompok tompok. Plus AA selalunya happen quite sudden. Dalam masa sebulan dah boleh nampak botak. But in Z's case takde la sampai botak, menipis jer.. 

Seminggu lepas potong rambut haritu, mama nampak kepala Z ada flakes. Macam kelumumur, lebih kepada cradle cap kot. Bahagian depan jer, penuh keping2. Mama pegi pharmacy, diorang suggest Dentinox. So pagi2 mama sapukan minyak kelapa (vco) and biarkan sekejap, then mandikan and shampoo with dentinox. Alhamdulillah hilang flakes and Z pun dah kurang garuk2 kepala. Tapi kena buat tiap2 hari, kalau tak naik balik flakes tu. Tapi rambut Z masih gugur seperti biasa.?

Then mama risau takut ringworm ke? Ringworm pun boleh sebabkan hairloss.. Ringworm symptom includes flakes on scalp. Hanya doctor (dermatologist) bleh confirm.

Lagi satu mama rasa ada kena mengena dgn thyroid jugak. Last thyroid test masa Z lepas surgery haritu. Result normal jer (walaupun sebelum2 nih TSH level selalu top of the normal range..). Masa jumpa ankel bazak (endocrinologist) haritu mama tanya la, ada possibilities tak. Dia kata maybe, sebab thyroid test after surgery x leh pakai. Dia suggest p buat test baru. 

So mama call la nak buat appointment dengan Doctor Nia, rupa2nya dia dah tak buat practise (GP). She's a prof in UCD now.. Sight, sedih mama sebab after so long, I finally found the best doctor, but now dia dah berhenti la pulak.. Kena cari doctor baru. Seminggu jugak mama survey sana sini. Finally decided to go to Dr Mona (errmm.. Ok la, baru first time jumpa...)

Anyway, jumpa dr Mona on Friday. Dia pun pening. She never seen a toddler that loss their hair the way Z is. Lepas examined Z's hair/head, she ruled out AA and ringworm. Lega sikit di situ... Dia rasa lebih kepada iron deficiency. Hmm kind of make sense, sebab Iron level Z memang selalu on lower range pun. Memang keturunan mama pun semua camtu, not aneamic but low iron. Lagipun semenjak dua nih Z dah kurang minum susu. 2 botol jer sehari. supplement iron memang takde. harapkan sikit2 from his diet jer la.. Pastu mama baru re introduced curcumin kat Z (stop masa surgery dulu). curcumin is a mild iron chelator. sblm ni mama bagi malam sblm tido, tapi skrg mama p bagi waktu pagi (which shown some good improvement in Z's babbling!). Mama rasa sebabtu la iron Z rendah kot sebab iron from makanan yg Z makan pagi n tgh hari kurang diserap.. Its all makes sense for me now..

Anyway, doc mona suruh buat blood test for thyroid n iron. Besok la mama bawak Z g Temple Street. Tengok la result macam mana nanti.. Kalau memang sbb iron, thats easy, ambik supplement. Jangan la sebab thyroid (or worst tatau sebab apa..) Harap-harap hair loss ni hanyalah temporary. Hopefully it will stop soon and Z's hair will grow back to normal. Aminn...