Hair loss due to diabetes is one of the side effects of being a diabetic and this fact has been established. If you are diabetes and you find that your hair are getting thinner then it’s the time that you should be checking on your doctor for immediate attention. We know that diabetes at times causes stress on you and that leads to hair loss. However, diabetes hair loss can be avoided.
Diabetic people are sensitive to skin problems and slow healing of wounds and the reason is that they don’t have an optimum blood circulation so the recovery rate is slow and it takes time for re-growth of hair.Bacterial and fungal infection on scalp can also lead to hair loss and hence diabetes and hair loss become unavaoidable.
For a normal person it is said that they would loose about 50 to 100 strands a day but for diabetic patients if diabetes is not treated properly it can lead to increase of hair loss.
If you have diabetes and hair loss then you can try to follow a routine to manage your diabetes by eating healthy fruits and vegetables on time, take iron free glucose supplements as iron improves blood flow and it is found in beans, learn to manage stress a s its bad for your health and last but not the least change your life style for a better healthy life with diabetes and take your medicines on time.
To slow diabetes hair loss you can try Biotin as it is very important for healthy hair and can be found in foods such as brown rice, green peas, lentils, oats, soybeans, sunflower seeds and walnuts.Include these foods in your regular diet.
Remember on thing that diabetes can lead to hormonal imbalance and that can directly lead to loss of hair and is very common among females.
You can still have beautiful hair even if diabetic after all.
by on 16. Jun, 2010 in Diabetes Complications
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