Posted 6/5/2016 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hair loss is triggered by many things including, major stressors or traumas, infections, hospitalization, big fevers, surgery, inflammation etc...
It takes about 3 months after the trigger to cause the telogen effluvium hair loss.
Nutritional deficiencies in iron, vitamin d can cause hair loss known as nutritional alopecia.
Checking thyroid function is a good idea as well.
Imuran, 6mp, 5ASAs, and the ibd biologics don't cause hair loss. They are often associated with hair loss becuse people lose hair when flaring, often coinciding with starting a new medicine.