Re: Please! My 16yr old daughter w/PCO going bald!!!
From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:29:41 -0600 (CST)
Fay -
Please have her thyroid levels checked. I have low thyroid and have
experienced the hair thinning. My aunt had a low thyroid episode that
sounds like your daughter. She had clumps of hair coming out. She got
on the correct thyroid dosage and it stopped coming out and grew back.
God Bless you both and I hope you find the cause soon!
Ruth ;-)
At Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Bronwyn wrote:
>
>Fay,
>
>Also be sure to have your daughter's thyrhoid levels checked, again if
>necessary! I met a woman at the beauty shop who had had quickly thinning
>hair and then she found it was her thyrhoid acting up. Since PCOS often
>include thyrhoid problems, it can't hurt to investigate this option too.
>However, since you really noticed it after the Glucophage, I'm pretty
>skeptical about the doctor's belief that the Glucophage isn't related to
>this phenomenon. Perhaps, even though she isn't experiencing hoped for
>results from taking it, it's possible that the Glucophage is doing something
>to stress her system, resulting in hair loss like you've mentioned.
>
>Please keep us posted as to what you find out. I'll be praying for your
>daughter.....mine just turned 16 also and she shows many signs of having
>PCOS. I'll be having her tested soon.
>
>Hugs,
>
>Shelley spryte@dnsonline.net
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: jane <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
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>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:05 PM
>Subject: Re: Please! My 16yr old daughter w/PCO going bald!!!
>
>> Fay,
>> I was at Dermatologist's office today (for my acne) and talked with a
>> woman who has lost all the hair on her head within past year and her
>> body hair is now also falling out!. She now wears a wig. She said this
>> was due to the Glucophage (she was on 1500 mg /day too)!!! The derm has
>> now referred her to the Chief of Endocrinology at Columbia Pres.
>> Hospital in NY. She spoke with the manufacturer of glucophage and they
>> told her this was a rare but possible side effect of the medicine. They
>> said it occurs in such a small amount of patients, they did not need to
>> put this warning on the package insert@! I feel for your
>> daughter...hopefully it's not the glucophage in her case..but please
>> explore talking with a dermatologist and an endocrinologist who
>> specializes in hair loss disorders as soon as possible.
>>
>> >
>> >At Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Fay wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Please help me to help my daughter...she is 16---was diagnosed with PCO
>in August---started 1500 mg a day on Glucophage since Sept....has NOT lost
>weight, facial hair or acne, BUT has recently, in the past two months lost
>so much hair on her head!! Now, specifically , in the past 2 weeks, she has
>lost hair on her head at an alarming rate...her hair was always very thick
>and heavy..a real envy....now had to cut her hair 2 times in the past week
>to try to make it at least some "style"...it is thinning VERY quickly, you
>can see the hair in the shower, on her pillow....thin, right thru to her
>scalp. She knows it is thinning, but actually hasn't been able to see the
>top of hger head(bald spots) too well yet, as I know she will soon. I have
>been in tears for the past few days, and she has been very depressed. I
>called her endo today and all he could tell me was to stop glucophage, even
>tho he admitted that hair loss was NOT an effect of glucophage. He
>suggested I take her to h!
>> jave a sc
>> >alp biopsy by a dermatologist who might be able to give some reason for
>this. I know male pattern baldness is an effect of PCVO, but this quickly,
>and all of a suddden??!! I can't get answers. Please! If anyone can help, I
>will be eternally grateful. My daughter is the love of my life, and I am
>falling apart watching her go thru this horror.
>> >Thank you for listening
>> >>
>> >>--
>> >>Sincerly yours,
>> >>Fay
>> >>
>> >--
>> >-- Zowie :)
>> >
>>
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