OnlineMedEd: Dermatology - "Alopecia"

Question 1

Hair loss due to scarring is called _____________ loss.

Answer 1

cicatricial

Question 2

Which type of male-pattern baldness responds to finasteride?

Answer 2

The crown (“bald spot”)

The receding hairline does not.

Question 3

The generic name of Rogaine is _____________.

Answer 3

minoxidil

Question 4

What is the exclamation point sign? What does it indicate?

Answer 4

The exclamation point sign occurs in alopecia areata. It is a narrowing of hair follicles in which they taper down to the skin. It results from autoimmune destruction of growing hair.

Question 5

Alopecia areata is treated with ______________.

Answer 5

steroids

Question 6

_____________ is a fungal infection that causes hair loss.

Answer 6

Tinea capitis

Question 7

How does tinea capitis appear?

Answer 7

As a well-circumscribed patch of hair loss

Question 8

The classic way testers get you on tinea capitis is ______________.

Answer 8

in the therapy: it is the only fungal skin infection which is treated with oral griseofulvin (as opposed to topical clotrimazole) as a first-line agent

Question 9

How do you treat traction alopecia?

Answer 9

You don’t.

It must be prevented because it is permanent when it occurs.

Question 10

The hairs are different lengths in ______________.

Answer 10

trichotillomania (because hairs are pulled out one at a time)

Question 11

Go through the four stages of hair growth.

Answer 11

1) Anagen (growth)
2) Catagen (regression)
3) Telogen (resting)
4) Exogen (shedding)