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Are Excessive Weight And Hair Loss A Side Effect Of Drug Abuse?

My partner is a 3rd earold female who drinks wine eexcessively and I suspect some forms of drug abuse maybe cocaine am not sure anyway shes lost a lot of weight and hairloss and recently been diagnosed with I think Iit sa df2 blood ccondition we re going through a bad patch so theres lots of stress also my question is it the wine and suspected drugs causing this or could it be the stress she s38 years old
Wed, 2 Nov 2022
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Hello,

Your partner might be using drugs and that might have resulted in overweight and hair loss. She needs to be taken to a psychiatrist and therapy to be started to withdraw drugs and wine. It is to be done under medical supervision like in a rehabilitation center.

Please do consult a psychiatrist. The following can be the reasons for loss of hair and weight gain:
1) Drugs
2) Hypothyroidism
3) PCOS
4) Pituitary tumors
5) Cushing's disease
So we need to rule out all the other organic causes by clinical examination and few tests.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Pallavi M., Anesthesiologist
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Are Excessive Weight And Hair Loss A Side Effect Of Drug Abuse?

Hello, Your partner might be using drugs and that might have resulted in overweight and hair loss. She needs to be taken to a psychiatrist and therapy to be started to withdraw drugs and wine. It is to be done under medical supervision like in a rehabilitation center. Please do consult a psychiatrist. The following can be the reasons for loss of hair and weight gain: 1) Drugs 2) Hypothyroidism 3) PCOS 4) Pituitary tumors 5) Cushing s disease So we need to rule out all the other organic causes by clinical examination and few tests. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Pallavi M., Anesthesiologist