my wife is an SLE patient, which is under control with no apparent symptoms of the disease. she has problems of hair fall since long. her SLE doc says that her SLE is perfectly under control and her hair fall problem is not related to it. of late her hair fall has increased and her hair is thinning. what can be her problem.
My DearWelcome to Chat Doctor ! I have analyzed your wives details. SLE is an autoimmune disease which means that disease in which body mounts an attack against one of its normal components through the agency of immune system. Such diseases tend to behave unpredictably with more than one organ or type of tissue being affected simultaneously or in turns. I have every reason to conclude, based upon my experience with considerable number of not only SHE, but other autoimmune diseases as well, that hair fall is quite common an occurrence with any of those conditions. However, the future is full of hope and there is a lot that you can ask her to do to get relief.1 massaging should be gentle2 no harsh shampoos3 only Chat Doctor. I would prefer to give Biotin tablets to such patients as that helps most of them. Hopefully you will revert to use with positive news. Best wishes