Relationship Between Hair Shedding and Systemic Inflammation in COVID-19 Pneumonia

    March 2022 in “ Annals of Medicine ”
    Gabriella Guarnieri, Leonardo Bertagna De Marchi, Alessandro Marcon, Silvia Panunzi, Veronica Batani, Marco Caminati, Fabiana Furci, Gianenrico Senna, Mauro Alaibac, Andrea Vianello
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    TLDR Hair shedding after COVID-19 is more linked to the disease's severity and inflammation rather than hormones, with women at higher risk.
    The study "Relationship between hair shedding and systemic inflammation in COVID-19 pneumonia" examined 104 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia and found a prevalence of telogen effluvium (TE), a condition characterized by hair shedding. Women were found to have a 5-fold higher risk of TE compared to men, a risk that increased with the severity of COVID-19. Higher levels of inflammation markers, such as C-reactive protein and interleukin 1 β, were significantly associated with TE. The study concluded that hair shedding is more related to the severity of COVID-19 and the underlying inflammation than the patients' hormonal status. Further long-term studies are needed to understand the pathogenesis and reversibility of this hair shedding among patients with a previous diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.
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