Baldness testifies to problems with the heart
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Researchers from Japan reported that men who grow bald with age are more likely to experience heart disease more often than those who until late age remain owners of thick hair. According to preliminary data, this pattern is seen only in males, the presence of hair does not affect the heart diseases of women.
According to experts, in the risk group are those men who at the age of 30-35 years begins to appear bald on the vertex or occiput. If baldness begins with the temples, the risk of a heart disease is slightly reduced. Representatives of the male, who began to grow bald at an early age and those who lost a large amount of hair in a short time, are most susceptible to heart disease in the future.
At the moment, scientists can not give a reasoned explanation of the relationship between cardiac problems and baldness. Some experts suggest that baldness can be considered a symptom of dangerous diseases of the cardiovascular system. Others believe that alopecia (baldness) is a sign of not a heart disease, but a hidden ailment that can provoke heart disease after a while (for example, resistance and insensitivity to insulin, chronic inflammation or hormonal sensitivity).
In the process of working on the issue, Japanese specialists conducted a comparative analysis of six previous studies that were devoted to the connection of various types of alopecia and cardiological diseases of varying complexity. In all experiments, more than 37,000 male volunteers who suffered from hair loss participated. Over the course of eleven years, physicians observed male representatives, studied case histories and checked the results of the analyzes. The result of the study showed that those men who by the average age lost most of the scalp, are more than 30% prone to diseases of the cardiovascular system. At the age of 65 years, the indicator increases to 44-45%.
Studies conducted earlier by scientists from other countries showed that gradually balding men most often suffer from ischemic heart disease. This disease is a pathological condition with impaired blood flow to the myocardium. To put it another way, the myocardium (the heart muscle, which constitutes the bulk of its mass) needs more oxygen than it actually does with blood.
British scientists analyzed the studies conducted at the universities of Tokyo (Japan) and shared their conclusions and conclusions. The representative of the British Cardiology Foundation said that at the moment the specialists do not have enough accurate information that confirms the dependence of baldness and heart diseases. The British believe that obesity, lack of physical activity, abuse of nicotine and alcoholic beverages can be considered a sign of the upcoming cardiological problems. It is these factors that should be paid more attention than to premature baldness, which, perhaps, has nothing to do with cardiovascular diseases.
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