Thyroid gland secretes hormones (thyroxin) essential for normal growth, heart rate and normal breath. As hair is living structure, it needs optimum levels of hormones for normal growth.
Fluctuation in thyroxin is most common in women than in men. Sometimes the fluctuation in thyroxin is indicated by goiter or enlarged thyroid glands while most often they are not enlarged.
What is thyroxin?
Thyroxin is secreted by thyroid glands and plays a major role in normal metabolism and growth. Normal production of thyroxin requires optimum amount of iodine. Iodine is essential for the health and normal functionality of thyroid glands. Lack of iodine may cause goiter and enlarged thyroid.
Thyroxin controls bone growth, connective tissues, muscles, heart rate and breathing, etc.
How hair loss is associated with thyroid glands?
Hair arises from living structures called follicles. Each follicle is a tiny tubular structure. There are millions of hair follicles on your scalp and all over the skin. Each follicle is surrounded by tiny blood capillaries that nourish them. The root of each hair follicle is a bulb like structure that continuously grows and pushes upward through the hair follicle to come out the follicle and scalp. Thus, the structure that comes out of hair follicle is called hair thread.
Normal growth of bulb of hair follicle requires normal metabolism and normal metabolism is ensured by normal production of thyroxin and other hormones secreted by thyroid glands.
Follicular tissues are more susceptible to thyroxin and greatly respond to its fluctuations. It is not always necessary to accompany hair loss with enlarged thyroid glands. However, hair loss may be due to over or lower production of thyroid secretion.
What are the symptoms of hair loss due to thyroid glands?
Most often hair loss due to thyroid glands accompanies with goiter or enlarged thyroid, but it is not always necessary.
Common symptoms are:
- Weak eyesight with hair loss
- Increased or decreased body weight than normal
- Eyes embed backward in their sockets
- Loss of appetite or increased appetite
- Week bones
- Osteoporosis
- Etc.
How can you treat hair loss due to thyroid glands?
If you have not developed goiter or enlargement of thyroid glands, it is easy to treat hair loss. Your doctor may prescribe you some medications and recommend using natural herbal supplements such as 101D hair loss treatment. 101D hair loss tonic is ideal solution for any type of hair loss and baldness.
In case, your thyroid glands are enlarged, your doctor may prescribe you some medications to normalize the glands. If no treatment works, surgical treatment is necessary.
Conclusion:
Hair loss due to overactive or underactive thyroid gland is common among women and rare in men. Hair loss may accompany with goiter or enlarged thyroids. Treatment is easy in initial stages. Herbal topical tonics help accelerate the process of hair growth.
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