Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) occurs in up to 1% of patients receiving unfractionated heparin. HIT may occur even when very-low-dose heparin (eg, used in flushes to keep IV or arterial lines open) is used. The mechanism is usually immunologic.
The hair loss can seem more extreme if your hair grew much more than normal during pregnancy, or if you have long hair. Most women will return to their usual hair growth cycle within six months, or between 6 and 12 months after birth.
But once the baby's born, androgen productionâalong with sheddingâresumes. Hair that normally would have fallen out during the previous nine months tends to start coming out nowâwith a vengeance. Doctors call this telogen effluvium, and it can mean temporarily losing between 10 and 30 percent of your hair. By the time your baby's about 6 months old, new hair growth replaces whatever was lost. This is when some women say their hair suddenly becomes grayer or more wiry.