TLDR Thallium poisoning can cause serious eye problems and other severe health issues.
Thallium poisoning was associated with painful peripheral neuropathy, alopecia, mental disorders, and severe cases could lead to respiratory failure and death. Ophthalmologic features included optic neuropathy, blepharoptosis, lens opacities, and ophthalmoplegia. A 44-year-old man with sublethal thallium poisoning exhibited diminished contrast sensitivity, a tritan defect in color vision, and a relative cecocentral scotoma, eventually developing optic atrophy.
717 citations,
June 2010 in “Nature” Alopecia areata involves both innate and adaptive immunity, with specific genes linked to the disease.
701 citations,
August 2014 in “Nature medicine” Alopecia areata can be reversed by JAK inhibitors, promoting hair regrowth.
519 citations,
October 1998 in “Endocrinology” Diet can prevent bone issues but not hair loss in mice lacking vitamin D receptors.
421 citations,
April 2012 in “The New England Journal of Medicine” Alopecia Areata is an autoimmune condition causing hair loss with no cure and treatments that often don't work well.
391 citations,
January 2010 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Half of people with Alopecia Areata may see hair regrowth within a year without treatment, but recovery is unpredictable.
295 citations,
January 2006 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Alopecia areata, a common autoimmune hair loss condition, often runs in families.
