Treatment of Vitamin D and Calcium to Children with Hair Defluvium

January 2005 in “ Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health ”

Zhong Xix

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TLDR Vitamin-D and calcium effectively treat hair loss in children.

The study observed the effects of vitamin-D and calcium treatment on 30 children aged 2 to 17 years with hair defluvium. The children exhibited symptoms such as hypoactivity, colliquative sweating, fatigue, leg ache, and knee arthralgia, and were treated with 300,000 IU of vitamin-D per month for 2 or 3 doses. The results showed significant improvement in hair defluvium and other symptoms, with a total effective rate of 93.3%. The study concluded that hair defluvium, often a symptom of delayed occurrence rickets, could be effectively treated with vitamin-D and calcium.

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