Vitamin D insufficiency and low thyroid cause hair fall in men?

[raviteja1229]

I am 23 year old facing severe hair fall. From my recent blood reports I found that my TSH is 1.09 (normal level is 0.3 - 5) and D vitamin is 10.38 which is very low. My doctor did not advised any Thyroid supplement but he has advised me to take 60,000 UI per week. Nobody in my family has thyroid deficiency or baldness. My hair was very denser and curly but I am losing it very fast but still I don't have baldness till now but hair becoming thin. Please tell me what is cause if my hair fall is it because if D vitamin insufficiency or low sufficiency of thyroid.

[jemma116]

Sorry raviteja, I am not a medical person and have not studied or know about the levels of your thyroid report.

I remember you saying that the doctor did say to you that your thyroid levels are low which is indicative of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).  As your doctor has not put you on any medication for your underactive thyroid, I presume at this moment in time you doctor will monitor, by blood tests from time to time, to see how the levels of thyroxin pan out.  It may be that you are just border line at the moment and your doctor has decided not to but you on thyroxin at this time.

If you have any concerns, it would be a good idea to make an appointment with your doctor and discuss this with him.

Best wishes.

[raviteja1229]

Hi Jemma,

Thanks for your suggestions. I have checked with my parents but nobody had early baldness problem. Please find my thyroid report completely

Paramenter    Observed    Reference

T3                    1.33 ng/ml   07-20
T4                    10.10 mgg/dl 4.5-11
TSH                 1.09 mclU/ml 0.4- 4.2
FT4                  19.90 pmol/L 12-22
FT3                   6.53  pmol/L  3.1-6.8
anti thyroperoxidase 6.5 IU/ml  upto 34
anti- Tg              18.5 IU/ml       upto 115

Vitamin D           10.38             30-100
Ferritin                130.60           22- 322

My doctor has suggested me only with D vitamin supplement.                 .

[jemma116]

I think your message was intended for raviteja1229.  He already posted a similar question which I replied to in a different posting, hence me telling him to refer to my response in his other posting rather than typing it all out again.  And thyroid problems had already been mentioned, which raviteja has said that his doctor is not treating.

I do not know what the initials and short letters stand for (apart from Vitamin C).  Perhaps you can enlighten us what the initials stand for.

Thanks.

[Westienut]

TSH alone doesn't help - please look into free t3, free t4, TPO numbers. Most commonly overseen one is Hashimoto's oscillating between hypo and hyper.

Ferritin (iron storage capacity) levels are "usually" low with hypothyroid symptoms which can lead to hair loss. Fe with Vit C is crucial.

Please look into Se, Zn, Cu deficiencies and supplement appropriately to see if it works for hair loss. Also upping aminoacid rich complete protein can help.

[jemma116]

Please see my response to your question in your posting.