How is tumour sex alopecia caused?
summary
Many tumor patients have alopecia, but the cause of alopecia is not tumor. It is a variety of means used by patients to treat tumors, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc. This phenomenon is called tumor alopecia. So how does tumour sex alopecia cause? The reasons are described below.
How is tumour sex alopecia caused?
The first reason is drug; Human hair follicle epithelium grows rapidly and is extremely sensitive to chemotherapy. Alopecia is common in the application of doxorubicin, methotrexate and gentamicin. Explanation should be made to patients before treatment to eliminate their mental pressure. Ice or chemical refrigerant ice cap can be used to prevent hair loss. Put on ice cap 5-10 minutes before medication and maintain it for 30-40 minutes after medication to reduce the amount of drugs entering the scalp. However, malignant lymphopathy and leukemia should be contraindicated to prevent meningeal metastasis.
The second reason is radiotherapy and chemotherapy. All of these treatments kill cancer cells by special means. While killing cancer cells, there are also great side effects, such as tissue necrosis, gastrointestinal adverse reactions, nausea, vomiting, skin discomfort and so on. Hair loss is one of its common side effects.
The third reason is pathological; After brain tumor and alopecia, don't put heavy mental pressure on your back, otherwise it will aggravate the deterioration of the disease. Brain tumor will grow with the disease, and alopecia will aggravate when treating the disease. Patients must maintain a good attitude and fight against the disease.
matters needing attention
When receiving chemotherapy, the following methods should be used to prevent hair loss: (1) use scalp tourniquet: when injecting chemotherapy drugs, put an air cuff around the head for 5 minutes to temporarily block the superficial blood vessels supplying the scalp, so as to reduce the contact time between drugs and hair follicles and prevent hair loss; ② Reduce the scalp temperature: 10 minutes before the injection of chemotherapeutic drugs to 39 minutes after the injection of drugs, with ice cloth bandage, can reduce the absorption of drugs on the scalp, prevent hair loss.
