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My hair is thinning i have bald patch i had a blood test done shows my mcv levels are high now being sent for b12and folate (folic acid) as fatigue sore muscles ?

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Thinning hair: with high MCV. It may indicate a infectionof the scalp or chronic systemic infection or seborrheic dermatitis. lack of folic acid will result in hair thinning.

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Answered 9/28/2016

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