On the casuistry of general alopecia areata

Cases of general nervous alopecia are very rare, their etiology is not clear enough. We present two cases of significant interest. Case 7. M. V., 56 y., Tatar, shoemaker. Married for the 2nd time. Of the 6 children from his first wife, one is alive, the rest died in early childhood from infectious diseases. Grew and developed normally. Moderate alcoholism. Lues denies. Typhus in 1921. In 1927, amid complete health, the patient developed a loud noise in the head and pain in the back of the head. The dream was upset. Slept at this time for 2-3 hours a day. No fever. He did not quit his job. The noise in the head lasted for about 3 weeks. At the end of 3 weeks, before the noise disappeared, he felt “scratching” in the scalp area, and the hair began to fall out in strands. Not a single hair remained from a solid head of hair in three days. At the same time, his long mustache was easily pulled out. The previously shaved beard has not grown. Eyelashes and eyebrows fell out. Armpit and pubic hair disappeared. All this happened within 3 days. After 3 weeks from the onset of the disease, the noise in the head disappeared and did not recur. Sleep became normal. The hair has not yet grown.