hair falling out

billo

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Posted 10/18/2007 10:03 AM (GMT -7)

mostly in the shower, when my hair is wet strands of hair comes out, not like clumps but enough that caught my attention. but i heard its normal, and the avg person loses 200 hairs a day, and i'm not showing signs of losing hair, but its disconcerting

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Posted 10/18/2007 12:17 PM (GMT -7)

What meds are you on Billo?

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billo

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Posted 10/18/2007 3:42 PM (GMT -7)

sulfasalazine and folic acid

jgereda

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Posted 10/19/2007 12:23 PM (GMT -7)

my daughter's hair has been "shedding" pretty bad and a full very thick head of hair is now extremely thin and her doctor thinks it is due to low protein and lack of absorbing minerals/vitamins. They tell her that it is a symptom of her colon not being well.

I read also that asacol can have this side effect.

Julie Gereda

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Posted 10/19/2007 12:38 PM (GMT -7)

Yeah 200 hairs a day if you count arm hairs and leg hair etc.. 200 a day from the head and you'd be bald fast..

Male 36yrs old. Indeterminate Colitis 6 yrs.

Lialda 2 a day

Protonix
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Sicktree

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Posted 10/19/2007 1:00 PM (GMT -7)

This was happening to me like crazy last summer. My GI tested me and said it was because I was hemmoraging proteins like crazy and basically my body was responding to the malnourishment. A lot of anorexics lose hair for similar reasons. Are you taking really good multivitamins and prescription level iron supplements? They can help.

29 yr old female

Ulcerative Colitis-left sided

Diagnosed Summer 2006

Fish oil, probiotics, aloe vera juice

No coffee, no alcohol, no popcorn, no artificial sweetners, trying to cut out sugar

Never taken UC meds (stubborn)

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