<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.my mother is hemolytic auto immune hymolytic anemia patient, taken steroid drug wysolane 10mg daily, she is also diabetic BP patient. all under control now. from past 3 months she is having heavy hair loss. can you please suggest what might be the problem? and what i need to do?  <response>: Hello. Thank you for writing to USI suggest a possibility of Halogen effluvium, increased hair shedding being part of the stressful response to anemia. Hemolytic anemia causes transition of hair follicles from managed growth phase to Halogen resting phase of hair growth cycle. Once hair enters Halogen phase it is subsequently shed. Telogen usually begins 1-3 months following a stressful event hemolytic anemia in this case and may last for 3-6 months following which hair re-enters growth phase managed. Since she is on recovery path now and is on treatment with oral steroids for hemolytic anemia, therefore with time her hair fall would stop. Apart from a healthy nutritious diet I suggest that you add an Iron supplement and a Biotin supplement which would aid in faster recovery. These are prescription Chat Doctor. Regards 