Alopecia Associated with Fluconazole Therapy

The document from 27 years ago discusses a condition called Telogen Effluvium, which is a dramatic, diffuse loss of hair from the scalp that occurs when a large number of hair follicles simultaneously enter the resting stage of the hair cycle. This typically happens 2 to 4 months after a stressful event such as pregnancy, infection, or trauma. The document suggests that systemic fungal illness could also trigger this condition, as it was observed that patients began to lose hair a median of 3 months after such an event.