A client meets a former classmate at a 10-year college reunion. The client tells the nurse that the classmate was bald. The classmate had a full head of red hair when they graduated from college
Based on this information, the client asks the nurse what might cause alopecia. What could be a possible reason the nurse could identify as a cause of the classmate's alopecia? A) High secretion of melanin
B) Hereditary factors
C) Use of hair care products
D) Active lifestyle
B
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The nurse should identify hereditary factors as the cause for the classmate's hair loss. Baldness is related to hereditary factors, emotional stress, disease, high fever, surgery, pregnancy, starvation, chemotherapy, or radiation factors. Melanin gives hair and skin its color, the greater the amount of melanin, the darker the hair, but the excess secretion of melanin does not cause baldness or alopecia. An active lifestyle is not known to cause alopecia. Use of hair products does not lead to baldness or alopecia in clients.
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