15 questions to ask at your child’s doc appointment for Alopecia
Preparing for your child’s doc or dermatologist appointment for Alopecia? Here are 15 questions that I would ask.
- What is causing my child’s Alopecia?
- What further tests can we do to identify potential triggers, not just a snapshot of what’s currently going on in their body?
- If there are deficiencies or anomalies, what are causing them?
- Do lifestyle factors like their diet and exposure to toxins play a role in this? If not, why do you think not?
- If the cause is unknown, how do we know for sure what’s NOT causing it then?
- Why is my child’s immune system behaving this way? What could it be overreacting to?
- Why are you recommending this treatment?
- How does this medication/topical/allergy pills work, and what’s the goal?
- What do these drugs to my child’s body, what are the effects in the short and long term?
- How can I know if these are safe for my child?
- What are the warnings on these drugs? Are we supposed to use them on children?
- What are the risks vs. potential benefits of these drugs?
- What would happen if we stop treatment?
- What other options are there beyond these treatments that you prescribe?
- If these treatments don’t work, what are the next steps?
- If my child experiences negative effects with these treatments, what do we do?