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Nine-year-old in Phuket claims to suffer sustained severe hair loss after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, Public Health office says not to jump to conclusions


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By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – A nine-year-old girl in Thalang has sustained severe hair loss after receiving a second Covid-19 vaccine two months ago and her family and the girl blame it on the vaccine.

 

Her mother, Mrs. Jeeranan, whose last name was withheld to protect the identity of the child, told the Phuket Express, “My daughter likes to play sports. She is healthy.

 

About two months ago she received a second dose of a Covid -19 vaccine before her hair started to fallout. She was infected with Covid-19 after receiving the vaccine too.”

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/08/31/nine-year-old-in-phuket-claims-to-suffer-sustained-severe-hair-loss-after-receiving-a-covid-19-vaccine-public-health-office-says-not-to-jump-to-conclusions/

 

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9 minutes ago, lupin said:

22 percent of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had experienced hair loss, which typically happens after stress, a shock, or a traumatic event. [Lancet 2021;397:220-232]

Another study showed that patients who had a COVID-19 infection were nearly four times as likely to have hair loss (hazard ratio [HR], 3.99) compared with those who were not infected. [Nat Med 2022;doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-w] ... not a stretch to at least investigate the possibility of spike derived vaccine to have similar effects

Yes covid infection is more likely than the vaccine to be connected if their is an association, which the girl had after vaccination. The headline is more an attempt at sensationalism for readers than fact. 

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2 minutes ago, AsianAtHeart said:

Baldness in a previously normal nine-year-old girl?  Who are you kidding?

Not kidding anyone. I never said it was normal but there are a number of factors that cause hair loss.  Just stating that its interesting the headline used. Covid infection rather than vaccine has been shown as a possible impact factor to stimulate hair loss. 

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It might have caused it or not.  One will never know. And the vaccine cannot be blamed. And just because a person was healthy one day.  Doesn’t mean they can’t get a medical condition the next. 
And the vaccine studies on young children are still fairly new. 
Different people react to different things.  Unfortunately there is no way of knowing until you get a reaction 

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It appears hair loss, often temporary, can be a potential side effect of BOTH COVID infections and COVID vaccinations in certain cases.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673931/

 

"Alopecia areata (AA) is a T lymphocyte-mediated autoimmune condition characterized by hair loss due to an inflammatory response targeting the hair follicle. Recent reports have suggested that COVID-19 may trigger a variety of autoimmune conditions, including AA. Herein, we report 9 cases of AA following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination."

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"Hair loss following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is an increasingly reported phenomenon in the United States and globally.... This report is limited by the fact that cause and effect cannot be clearly identified in any of the cases."

 

"Of note, many medical treatments exist for alopecia, and spontaneous hair regrowth is estimated to occur in approximately 80% of patients within a year after the first incidence of hair loss."

 

Also more here on how COVID infection itself can cause hair loss:

 

"The prevalence of hair loss has increased during COVID-19. In this study, we review the current literature on incidence and characteristics of various types of COVID-19-related and COVID-19-vaccine- related hair loss..."

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dth.15433

 

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11 hours ago, lupin said:

22 percent of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had experienced hair loss, which typically happens after stress, a shock, or a traumatic event. [Lancet 2021;397:220-232]

Another study showed that patients who had a COVID-19 infection were nearly four times as likely to have hair loss (hazard ratio [HR], 3.99) compared with those who were not infected. [Nat Med 2022;doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-w] ... not a stretch to at least investigate the possibility of spike derived vaccine to have similar effects

That report is related to Covid infections, not to the vaccines, the vaccines were not mentioned at all, so it is a bit of a stretch considering the multi-millions of vaccinated people and the infinitesimally small numbers of reported hair loss cases.

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10 hours ago, Dan O said:

Not kidding anyone. I never said it was normal but there are a number of factors that cause hair loss.  Just stating that its interesting the headline used. Covid infection rather than vaccine has been shown as a possible impact factor to stimulate hair loss. 

 

I thought Covid infection affects the lungs .... correct me if I am wrong.

 

It's more common for boys to have hair loss but not girls in terms of genetics. That's why there are more bald men but no bald women when they grow older.

 

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