TLDR Alopecia areata patients may have hearing loss linked to the condition's severity and duration.
The study investigated the potential link between alopecia areata (AA) and hearing loss by examining 40 Egyptian participants, split evenly between AA patients and controls. It found that AA patients experienced significant sensorineural hearing loss compared to controls. This hearing loss was directly correlated with the severity, duration, and recurrence of AA, suggesting that the autoimmune process affecting melanocytes in AA might also impact hearing function.
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September 2013 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” People with alopecia areata may be more likely to have a certain type of hearing loss.
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May 2011 in “Dermatologic Therapy” Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that can lead to complete baldness, often associated with other autoimmune conditions, and half of the cases may see hair return within a year.
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December 2018 in “Journal of autoimmunity” Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease causing patchy hair loss, often with other autoimmune disorders, but its exact causes are unknown.
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November 2018 in “JAAD case reports” Alopecia areata can sometimes appear as a straight line of hair loss instead of round patches.
May 2018 in “Journal of cosmetology & trichology” Combining platelet-rich plasma therapy with prostaglandin-F eye drops can significantly regrow hair in alopecia universalis.
