A member asked:

Ive been facing hair fall and hair shredding all over from my body since past 2 years.but i have a disorder know an as renal agenesis(single kidney by birth) is that because of it?

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Dr. Kevin Windisch answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

No: Agenesis of a single kidney is a normal variant and does not cause any particular medical problems for the patient. The one thing that patients with a single kidney need to do is to protect that kidney carefully when playing contact sports since there isn't a backup kidney on the other side.

Answered 9/10/2020

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