Alzheimer's disease is characterized by a progressive loss of brain cells and other irregularities of the brain. Other causes. Other possible causes of memory loss include an underactive or overactive thyroid gland and infections such as HIV, tuberculosis, and syphilis that affect the brain.
1 Hair loss due to alcohol consumption is mainly due to the fact that alcohol affects the levels of estrogen and zinc in the body, which subsequently affect hair growth. 2  Excessive drinking RAISES the level of estrogen, high levels of estrogen result in hair loss.3  Excessive drinking REDUCES zinc levels in the body.owever, although we are aware that the side effects of alcoholism are many and varied, few of us are aware of the specifics. It is not, for example, commonly known that alcohol, and more specifically alcoholism, can cause hair loss.
Depression does not cause hair loss, and hair loss does not cause depression - as far as we know. There are more than 30 different medical conditions that contribute to hair loss in women. Hormones, diet, childbirth, illness, birth control pills, poor diet, stress - all have been found to contribute to thinning of hair in women.