What is Thyroxin?
Thyroxin is secreted by thyroid glands and plays a major role in normal metabolism and growth. Normal production of thyroxin requires optimum amount of iodine. Iodine is essential for the health and normal functionality of thyroid glands. Lack of iodine may cause goiter and enlarged thyroid. Thyroxin controls bone growth, connective tissues, muscles, heart rate and breathing, etc. How hair loss is associated with thyroid glands? Hair arises from living structures called follicles. Each follicle is a tiny tubular structure. There are millions of hair follicles on your scalp and all over the skin. Each follicle is surrounded by tiny blood capillaries that nourish them. The root of each hair follicle is a bulb like structure that continuously grows and pushes upward through the hair follicle to come out the follicle and scalp. Thus, the structure that comes out of hair follicle is called hair thread. Normal growth of bulb of hair follicle requires normal metabolism and normal metabolism i
