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What is the correlation between allergies and alopecia areata?
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Autoimmune response: It is an autoimmune response against the hair that stops to from growing. Similar but not identical changes can occur in the skin, lungs, eye. There is no specific allergen in alopecia aerate.
Answered 5/18/2015
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Correlation: Alopecia areata is thought to be an autoimmune condition. Allergies are usually not autoimmune but are rather triggered by an allergen or an irritant.
Answered 10/4/2016
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