Thanks for reviewing. If you don't know what aleopiaca is it explains it here. I didn't know what it was until a few months ago. Enjoy reading!
Cat's POV
I sighed and got out of bed. This was going to be a long day.
I walked downstairs. "Mom," I said nervously. She looked at me. "Can I talk to you about something?" I asked her.
"Sure sweetheart," she said. She sat down at the table. I sat down next to her.
"I…I…" I tried to say but I started crying.
"What's wrong, you know you can tell me, I'm your mom," she said putting her hand supportively on my shoulder.
"Yesterday when I was at Beck's I found bald patches on the back of me head," I wept.
"Turn around and let me see," she said she looked worried, sad and confused. I turned around and she examined the back of my head. When I turned back around to face her she looked scared. She had some of my red hair on her hand.
"I'll make a doctor's appointment," she said. I ran to my room before crying again.
At the doctor's
We sat nervously in the waiting room. It wasn't long until my name was called.
"Hello Caterina, I'm Dr. Collins but you can call me Andy," he said shaking my hand.
"Call me Cat," I said nervously.
"Okay Cat," he said. "You're here because you've been noticing bald patches on your head right?" he asked. I nodded.
"We'll let me have a look," he said. He put on clear plastic gloves and examined the back of my head.
"Hmm," he said. "Have you been under a lot of stress lately, been bullied, have your parents been devoiced or even lost a close friend or family member?" he asked.
"Daddy," I whispered sadly.
"My husband passed away recently," My mom explained to my confused doctor.
"Ah," he said. "I'm sorry to hear that. That narrows down my suspicions.""Can you please just tell us what the hell is wrong with my daughter," my mom snapped causing me to cry.
"Don't cry sweetheart," my mom said giving me a quick hug. How could I not cry. Some of my hair is falling out of my head and I don't know why and my mom just said that there is something wrong with me. That is enough to make anyone cry.
"I suspect she has alopecia," Andy told us.
"What's that," I asked nervously.
"It's when your immune system thinks my hair is bad for me, so it got rid of some or all of my the persons hair," Andy explained to me like I was four years old.
"Will it grow back? How much of her hair will she loose? Will she need to wear a wig? How long will it take? Can it kill her? Is it just the hair on her scalp?" my mom frantically asked questions. Most of them were also running through my head.
"Relax," he told us. "I'll book you an appointment at the hair expert clinic."He emailed someone and wrote something down on a piece of paper.
"Phone the clinic when you get home," he said hading the piece of paper to my mom. "They'll try and fit you in as soon as possible.""Thank you," my mom said without interest putting the piece of paper into her hand bag.
"For now I recommend wearing bandanas," he told us. "I wish you the very best," he smiled at us as we walked out the door.
At home
Why do the bad things always happen to me? I fling myself down on my bed. First my dad dieing and then loosing my hair. I sighed.
My mom and I promised to keep in between the two of us. With an exception of Beck. I had to tell him. He was the one who spotted the bad patches and he is my boyfriend. He deserves to know.
I took out my pear pad from under my bed and looked up alopecia.
Alopecia areata also known as AA, is a medical condition in which hair is lost from usually from the scalp or sometimes even all areas of the body. It is sometimes called spot baldness because, especially in the first stages, it causes bald spots on the scalp. In 1–2% of cases, hair is lost from the entire scalp. This is called alopecia totalis;. Sometimes even all hair is lost from the persons skin. Conditions resembling Alopecia Areata, and having a similar cause, occur also in other species.
I sighed. So far it didn't sound good. I closed my eyes and cleared all my thoughts. I opened my eyes again and scrolled down.
Hair may also be lost more diffusely over the whole scalp, in which case the condition is called diffuse alopecia areata.
Alopecia areata monolocularis describes baldness in only one spot. It may occur anywhere on the head.
Alopecia areata multilocularis refers to multiple areas of hair loss.
The disease may be limited only to the beard, in which case it is called Alopecia areata barbae.
If the patient loses all the hair on the scalp, the disease is then called Alopecia totalis.
If all body hair, eyelashes and eyebrows is lost, the diagnosis then becomes Alopecia universalis.
Alopecia areata totalis and universalis are rare
I turned off my pear pad and laid down. When will this nightmare end? I thought to my self before drifting off to sleep.
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