What Could be Causing Excessive Body Hair in Women?

What Causes Excessive Body Hair In Women?

Excessive body hair in women can have various causes, just like most other symptoms. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose excessive body hair in women, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "excessive body hair in women" as a symptom. For example, hemochromatosis.

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

severe abdominal pain

fatigue after slight exertion

elevated ferritin levels

low TIBC

moderate right lumbar pain

darker/redder skin color

gout

being very easily irritated

elevated liver enzymes

high serum iron

very low sperm count

joint pain/swelling/stiffness

... and so on

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of excessive body hair in women.

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

In the Hair-Related Symptoms section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about body hair quantity:

What is your body hair quantity? This question refers to 'normal' female hair patterns i.e. underarm, pubic or leg hair but not chest or upper lip.

Possible responses:

→ Don't know
→ Little / none
→ Less than average
→ Average
→ Abundant, more than average

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate minimal body hair, light body hair, average body hair quantity or high body hair quantity, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as Hemochromatosis (Iron overload).

Concerned or curious about your health? Try The Analyst™