Telogen Effluvium After COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

April 2022 in “ Journal of biotechnology and strategic health research ”

Erkut Etçioğlu, Muhammet Raşit AYDIN

Telogen Effluvium hair loss COVID-19 post-COVID-19 symptoms TE hair shedding

Studysummary This article presents a case of telogen effluvium, a condition causing hair loss, occurring three months after a COVID-19 infection.

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The document presents a case of Telogen Effluvium (TE), a condition characterized by widespread hair loss, occurring approximately 3-4 months after a stressor, in this case, a COVID-19 infection. The patient reported hair loss three months after recovering from COVID-19. This adds to the growing list of post-COVID-19 symptoms, indicating that hair loss can occur not only as a clinical symptom of many diseases but also after the disease has passed.

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