最近,醫生在部分新冠肺炎患者中發現了一種令人意外的新癥狀:脫發。
哈肯薩克大學醫療中心(Hackensack University Medical Center)發布的報告稱,許多人在感染病毒并且初步癥狀康復后出現了嚴重脫發。該中心稱其治療的新冠檢測呈陽性的患者數量,超過了新澤西州的其他醫療體系。
皮膚病學家亞歷克西斯·揚在這份報告所附的聲明中表示,患者通常會在感染后的幾周至三個月內開始出現脫發。脫發通常會持續六至九個月,但個人狀況可能有巨大差異。長期患者出現脫發的情況尤其普遍。
曾經在哈肯薩克大學醫療中心接受治療的患者寶拉·迪亞茲在研究中表示,她曾經有一頭濃密的頭發。她說:“我因為感染新冠病毒而在醫院治療了六天,在出院回家的幾周后開始大量脫發。這令我非常震驚。”
亞歷克西斯·揚解釋說,出現脫發的原因是“人體出現過度活躍的炎癥。炎癥可能導致毛發生長周期出現變化。”
新冠病毒造成了越來越多出人意料的影響,脫發是最新被發現的一種癥狀。今年1月早些時候,妙佑醫療國際(Mayo Clinic)的醫生發現,奧密克戎變異毒株感染者出現了盜汗癥狀。
該醫院表示,在因為新冠病毒而住院的患者中,22%的患者出院后幾個月出現脫發。2021年夏天,英國毛發學家協會(U.K.’ s Institute of Trichologists)有79%的會員表示,在門診中看到過“新冠后脫發”的病例。
壓力是造成脫發的核心問題,而且這不只是新冠病毒導致的特有現象。
亞歷克西斯·揚稱:“在壓力狀況下脫發很常見。人們可能在分娩或大手術之后出現脫發,現在我們看到部分新冠感染者也出現了同樣的狀況。”
得克薩斯州的皮膚病學家也曾經見過新冠后休止期脫發的癥狀,并表示患者的毛發生長周期會在一年半以內重新恢復。
與此同時,出現脫發的患者可以嘗試增加攝入維生素,管理壓力和飲食,以控制脫發。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
最近,醫生在部分新冠肺炎患者中發現了一種令人意外的新癥狀:脫發。
哈肯薩克大學醫療中心(Hackensack University Medical Center)發布的報告稱,許多人在感染病毒并且初步癥狀康復后出現了嚴重脫發。該中心稱其治療的新冠檢測呈陽性的患者數量,超過了新澤西州的其他醫療體系。
皮膚病學家亞歷克西斯·揚在這份報告所附的聲明中表示,患者通常會在感染后的幾周至三個月內開始出現脫發。脫發通常會持續六至九個月,但個人狀況可能有巨大差異。長期患者出現脫發的情況尤其普遍。
曾經在哈肯薩克大學醫療中心接受治療的患者寶拉·迪亞茲在研究中表示,她曾經有一頭濃密的頭發。她說:“我因為感染新冠病毒而在醫院治療了六天,在出院回家的幾周后開始大量脫發。這令我非常震驚。”
亞歷克西斯·揚解釋說,出現脫發的原因是“人體出現過度活躍的炎癥。炎癥可能導致毛發生長周期出現變化。”
新冠病毒造成了越來越多出人意料的影響,脫發是最新被發現的一種癥狀。今年1月早些時候,妙佑醫療國際(Mayo Clinic)的醫生發現,奧密克戎變異毒株感染者出現了盜汗癥狀。
該醫院表示,在因為新冠病毒而住院的患者中,22%的患者出院后幾個月出現脫發。2021年夏天,英國毛發學家協會(U.K.’ s Institute of Trichologists)有79%的會員表示,在門診中看到過“新冠后脫發”的病例。
壓力是造成脫發的核心問題,而且這不只是新冠病毒導致的特有現象。
亞歷克西斯·揚稱:“在壓力狀況下脫發很常見。人們可能在分娩或大手術之后出現脫發,現在我們看到部分新冠感染者也出現了同樣的狀況。”
得克薩斯州的皮膚病學家也曾經見過新冠后休止期脫發的癥狀,并表示患者的毛發生長周期會在一年半以內重新恢復。
與此同時,出現脫發的患者可以嘗試增加攝入維生素,管理壓力和飲食,以控制脫發。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Doctors are identifying a new symptom among some COVID-19 patients that might be startling: hair loss.
Hackensack University Medical Center, which says it treats more COVID-positive patients than any other health system in New Jersey, has issued a report saying many people have experienced excessive hair loss after contracting the virus and recovering from primary symptoms.
Hair loss typically begins several weeks to three months post-infection, said dermatologist Alexis Young in a statement with the published study. And it typically lasts six to nine months, though that can vary among individuals. Hair loss is especially prevalent among long-haul patients.
“I spent six days in the hospital being treated for the virus, and several weeks after I came home, my hair started falling out in clumps,” said Paula Diaz, a former patient at HUMC, who noted in the study that she has always had a thick head of hair. “It was devastating.”
The hair loss occurs “because of overactive inflammation in the body," Young explained. “The inflammation can cause a shift in the hair cycle.”
Hair loss is the latest symptom in a growing list of unexpected COVID effects. Earlier January, doctors at the Mayo Clinic noted patients with the Omicron variant suffered from night sweats.
The hospital notes that among patients who had been hospitalized with COVID, 22% were dealing with hair loss months after being discharged. Last summer, 79% of the members of the U.K.’s Institute of Trichologists said they had seen cases of “post-COVD hair loss” in their clinics.
Stress is at the heart of the issue—and it’s not just a COVID phenomenon.
“Hair loss after a stressful situation is not unusual,” Young noted. “People can experience hair loss after childbirth or a major surgery, and we’re now seeing the same results after COVID-19 infection in some people.”
Dermatologists in Texas have seen the post-COVID symptom, formally known as telogen effluvium, as well and say the hair growth cycle should reset within a year and a half.
In the meantime, patients who are experiencing post-COVID hair loss can increase their vitamin uptake and manage their stress and diet to try to control the condition.