{"id":235,"date":"2016-02-06T05:49:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-02-06T06:25:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T06:25:30","slug":"alopecia-areata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/alopecia-areata\/","title":{"rendered":"Alopecia Areata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alopecia areata (AA)<\/strong> is  common skin condition seen in <strong>Skin clinics<\/strong>. It is T lymphocyte -mediated autoimmune disease of the hair follicle. It is characterized by patchy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/hair-loss.html\" title=\"Hair Loss Treatment In Delhi\">hair loss<\/a> developing in otherwise normal skin, with &#8216;exclamation mark&#8217; hairs around margins of expandings areas. most cases are limited to one or more coin- sized patches, in severe cases there may be complete baldness of a scalp (alopecia totalis, AT) or of the entire body  (alopecia universalis, AU). According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/best-dermatologist-in-east-delhi-skin-specialist-in-east-delhi-skin-doctor-in-east-delhi-dermatologist-centre-in-east-delhi-skin-centre-east-delhi.html\" title=\"Dermatologist in Delhi\">Dermatologist in Delhi<\/a> The alopecia is non- cicatrizing, and in most cases resolves spontaneously after a few months.<\/p>\n<h2>Specific Investigations<\/h2>\n<p>Consider complete blood count, thyroid function tests, serum B and auto antibodies as a screen for associated autoimmune conditions.<\/p>\n<h2>First- Line Therapy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"left35\">\n<ul>\n<li>Intralesional steroids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left35\">\n<ul>\n<li>Topical immunotherapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2>Second- Line Therapy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"left35\">\n<ul>\n<li>Topical corticosteroids<\/li>\n<li>Topical minoxidil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left35\">\n<ul>\n<li>Phototherapy <\/li>\n<li>Retinoic acid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/skin-specialist-in-east-delhi-skin-doctor-in-east-delhi-best-skin-doctor-east-delhi-best-dermatologist-east-delhi.html\" title=\"Skin specialist in Delhi\">Skin specialist in Delhi<\/a> recommends early treatment for best results.<\/p>\n<style>\n.innercontent ul li{ font-size:16px;}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alopecia areata (AA) is common skin condition seen in Skin clinics. It is T lymphocyte -mediated autoimmune disease of the hair follicle. It is characterized by patchy hair loss developing in otherwise normal skin, with &#8216;exclamation mark&#8217; hairs around margins of expandings areas. most cases are limited to one or more coin- sized patches, in&#8230; <a title=\"Read more - Alopecia Areata\" class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/alopecia-areata\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsandeshgupta.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}