Phosphorus may not appear in the rubric about alopecia in children, but it certainly does feature hair loss in its picture.

Hair loss is much more broad a description than alopecia areata; but it could definitely mean the same thing.

I think it is always best to stay with a remedy which seems to "fit" ALL the symptoms in the case rather than just a few of them. There is one thing my supervisors always said to me in school, to which I could never find a snappy come-back:

"Give me one good reason to change a remedy which has done so well for so much of the case..."

If the phos has done well so far, it may be time to just redose, wait, or change the potency a little. Also, the language issue may be a "maintaining cause"...is he making progress learning English? Can the parents find an immersion program he may benefit from (even if it is for just part of the day, so that the pressure of commmicating can be relieved)? Are his language skills okay? If the language issue continues to be problematic, then the remedy's effect will be limited by it. This is where the Sulphur and tuberculinum choices would come in to the picture...

Divina

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