Common causes of Hairiness
Introduction:
This information shows the various causes of Hairiness, and how common these diseases
or conditions are in the general population.
This is not a direct indication as to how commonly these diseases are the actual cause
of Hairiness, but gives a relative idea as to how frequent these diseases are seen overall.
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diseases that are "common".
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diseases that are "uncommon".
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diseases that are "rare".
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diseases that are "rare".
174
diseases without any prevalence information.
Causes of Hairiness that are common
The following causes of Hairiness are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Hairiness that are uncommon
The following causes of Hairiness are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Hairiness that are rare
The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that
affects 200,000 people or less.
The following causes of Hairiness appear in the population
at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
Causes of Hairiness that are very rare
The following causes of Hairiness appear in the population
at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
Causes of Hairiness without any prevalence information
The following causes of Hairiness are ones for which
we do not have any prevalence information.
- 3?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency - thick hair
- Achard-Thiers Syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Acrofacial dysostosis Catania form - thick hair
- Acromegaloid hypertrichosis syndrome - increased body hair
- Acromegaly
- Acroosteolysis dominant type - thick hair
- Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form - increased body hair
- Adrenal adenoma, familial - increased body hair
- Adrenal Cancer - increased body hair
- Adrenal Cortex Diseases - excessive hair thickness in women
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms - increased body hair
- Adrenal disorder
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction - increased body hair
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital (General) - excessive hair growth
- Adrenal incidentaloma - increased body hair
- Adrenal tumor
- Adrenocortical carcinoma - increased body hair
- Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome - increased body hair
- Ambras syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Angiokeratoma - mental retardation - coarse face - increased body hair
- Anovulation
- Arthrogryposis - epileptic seizures - migrational brain disorder - thick hair
- Bearn-Kunkel syndrome - hirsuitism
- Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy - hirsutism
- Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, type 1 - hirsutism
- Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, type 2 - hirsutism
- Bindewald-Ulmer-Muller syndrome - increased body hair
- Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome - hirsutism
- Brunzell syndrome - increased body hair
- C-like syndrome - hirsuitism
- Cantu Sanchez-Corona Garcia-cruz syndrome - growth of excess hair
- Certain medications
- Chromosome 12, trisomy 12q - excess body hair
- Chromosome 12q duplication syndrome - hirsuitism
- Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 15q, trisomy - Excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 16q, partial duplication - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 17p, partial duplication - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 17q, partial duplication - hirsutism
- Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome - hirsutism
- Chromosome 3, Monosomy 3p2 - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 3, Trisomy 3q2 - excessive hair growth
- Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome - abundant coarse hair
- Chromosome 8, trisomy 8q - excess body hair
- Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome - hirsuitism
- Chromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome - hirsuitism
- Chronic Hepatitis - hirsutism
- Coffin-Siris Syndrome - hirsuitism
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - non-classical form - increased body hair
- Cornelia de Lange Syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome 1 - excessive hair growth
- Craniolenticulosutural dysplasia - thick hair
- Cushing syndrome, familial - excessive hair thickness in women
- Cushing's syndrome - body hair growth
- Diarrhea chronic with villous atrophy - increased hair growth
- Dup (3) (q12-qter) - excessive hair growth
- Dup (3) (q12-qter) and del (X) (pter-p21) - excessive hair growth
- Dup (3) (q21-qter) - excessive hair growth
- Dup (3) (q25-qter) - excessive hair growth
- Dup (3) (q27-qter) and dup (14) (pter-q12) - excessive hair growth
- Duplication 12q - excess body hair
- Duplication 8q - excess body hair
- Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly - thick hair
- Ectodermal dysplasia, Berlin type - increased body hair
- Edinburgh malformation syndrome - increased body hair
- Emery-Nelson syndrome - thick hair
- Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Cockayne-Touraine type - growth of excess hair
- Epilepsy - microcephaly - skeletal dysplasia - increased body hair
- Excessive dieting - leading to anovulation
- Familial renal cell carcinoma - excessive hair growth
- Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome - thick hair
- Fetal minoxidil syndrome - increased body hair
- Fibromatosis gingival - hypertrichosis - growth of excess hair
- Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome - increased body hair
- Fryns macrocephaly - thick hair
- Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor - increased body hair
- Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 - hairiness
- GM1 gangliosidosis - hairiness
- Gynandroblastoma - hirsuitism
- Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome - thick hair
- Harlequin type ichthyosis - growth of excess hair
- Hirsutism - hairiness
- Hormone disorder
- Hyperadrenalism - increased body hair
- Hyperostosis frontalis interna - thick hair
- Hypertrichosis - excessive hair growth
- Hypertrichosis brachydactyly obesity and mental retardation - excessive hair growth
- Hypertrichosis lanuginosa, acquired - excessive hair growth
- Hypertrichosis, congenital generalized - excessive hair growth
- Hypertrichosis, hyperkeratosis, mental retardation, and distinctive facial features - increased body hair
- Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia - growth of excess hair
- Hypomelanosis of Ito - excessive hair growth
- Ichthyosis congenita, Harlequin fetus type - growth of excess hair
- Ichthyosis congenita, harlequin type - growth of excess hair
- Impossible syndrome - increased body hair
- Insulin resistance, short fifth metacarpals - hirsutism
- Insulin-resistance syndrome, type A - increased body hair
- Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome - growth of excess hair
- Jequier-Kozlowski-skeletal dysplasia - increased body hair
- Keratoderma palmoplantaris transgrediens et progrediens - thick hair
- Kidney Cancer - excessive hair growth
- Lanzietri syndrome - growth of excess hair
- Lawrence-Seip syndrome - excess body hair
- Leprechaunism - hirsutism
- Marfanoid - mental retardation syndrome autosomal - increased body hair
- Marshall-Smith Syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Masculinisation - hirsutism
- Masculinization
- McCune-Albright Syndrome - early underarm hair
- Menopause
- Mental retardation - hip luxation - G6PD variant - increased body hair
- Mental retardation, Mietens-Weber type - excessive hair growth
- Michelin tyre baby syndrome - growth of excess hair
- Micro syndrome - increased body hair
- Miescher syndrome (2) - excess body hair
- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy - aminoacidopathy - increased body hair
- MPS 3 D - hirsuitism
- Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 - excessive hair growth
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- mild form - excessive hair growth
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3 - hirsuitism
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome - hirsutism
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Scheie syndrome - hirsuitism
- Muller-Barth-Menger syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Multicentric osteolysis - nodulosis - arthropathy - hirsuitism
- N-acetyl-alpha-glucosaminidase sulfamidase deficiency - hirsutism
- Nevi - atrial myxoma - myxoid neurofibromata - ephelides - excessive hair growth
- Nodulosis-arthropathy-osteolysis syndrome - hirsutism
- Noonan syndrome 3 - thick hair
- Normal body hair
- Normal genetic variation
- Oligodontia and polycystic ovarian syndrome - hirsutism
- Ovarian Cancer - hair growth
- Ovarian cyst
- Overactive adrenal gland
- Patterson pseudoleprechaunism syndrome - thick hair
- Pena-Shokeir syndrome Type 2 - hirsutism
- Perimenopause
- Petty-Laxova-Wiedemann syndrome - increased body hair
- Pituitary cancer, childhood - increased body hair
- Pituitary disorder
- Pituitary tumors, adult - increased body hair
- POEMS syndrome - increased body hair
- Polycystic ovaries urethral sphincter dysfunction - increased body hair
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda - increased facial hair
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda - familial - increased facial hair
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda - sporadic - increased facial hair
- Porphyria, congenital erythropoietic - growth of excess hair
- Proud-Levine-Carpenter syndrome - increased body hair
- Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome - thick hair
- Ramon Syndrome - growth of excess hair
- Renal Cell Carcinoma 2 - excessive hair growth
- Renal Cell Carcinoma 3 - excessive hair growth
- Renal Cell Carcinoma 4 - excessive hair growth
- Rubinstein-Taybi like syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome - hirsutism
- Schinzel Giedion Syndrome - excessive hair growth
- Scott syndrome - hirsuitism
- Serpentine fibula - polycystic kidney syndrome - thick hair
- Sertoli-leydig cell tumors - increased facial hair
- Spinocerebellar ataxia - dysmorphism - thick hair
- Spinocerebellar ataxia-dysmorphism syndrome - abundant hair
- Spondylodysplasia and Premature Pubarche - excessive hair growth
- Syndactyly - cataract - mental retardation - increased body hair
- Tang Hsi Ryu syndrome - increased body hair
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome - hairy patches on lower back
- Uncombable hair syndrome - Thick hair
- Variegate porphyria - growth of excess hair
- Virilisation
- Virilism - increased body hair
- Virilizing ovarian tumor - increased body hair
- Warburg Sjo Fledelius syndrome - Increased body hair
- Wiedemann Oldigs Oppermann syndrome - Hirsutism
- more causes...»
All Causes of Hairiness
The full list of all possible causes for Hairiness described in various sources is as follows:
See full list of possible disease causes of Hairiness
Drug side effect causes of Hairiness
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins
may possibly cause Hairiness as a side effect.
See detailed list of 15
drug side effect causes of Hairiness
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