Weight Loss - Causes and Symptoms

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Definition

Reduction of body mass determined by pathological processes; may be accompanied by anorexia (reduction or loss of appetite) or, conversely, by normal or even increased appetite

Possible Causes * of Weight Loss

• Achalasia
• AIDS
• amebiasis
• Amyloidosis
• Nervous anorexia
• Giant cell arteritis
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Asbestosis
• Lung Abscess
• Babesiosis
• COPD
• Bronchiectasis
• Brucellosis
• Colon cancer
• Celiac disease
• Liver Cirrhosis
• cholangiocarcinoma
• Cholera
• Colitis
• Ulcerative colitis
• Vascular dementia
• Major depression
• Postpartum depression
• Diabetes
• Gestational diabetes
• Dysthymia
• Respiratory Distress
• Bipolar disorder
• Cyclothymic disorder
• Esophageal diverticula
• Zenker's diverticulum
• duodenitis
• Ebola
• hemochromatosis
• Primitive and Secondary Hemochromatosis
• haemosiderosis
• Infective endocarditis
• Emphysema
• Enteritis
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis C
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Marburg hemorrhagic fever
• Rheumatic fever
• Pheochromocytoma
• Cystic fibrosis
• Hepatic fibrosis
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Gastroenteritis
• Giardiasis
• Kidney failure
• Adrenal insufficiency
• Lactose intolerance
• Pregnancy hyperemesis
• Hypothyroidism
• Histoplasmosis
• Leishmaniasis
• Leukemia
• lymphoma
• Listeriosis
• Cat scratch disease
• Chagas disease
• Huntington's disease
• Whipple's disease
• Pleural mesothelioma
• Myelofibrosis
• myxoma
• Mononucleosis
• Addison's disease
• Crohn's disease
• Graves' disease - Basedow
• Neuroblastoma
• oxyuriasis
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteosarcoma
• Pancreatitis
• Panniculitis
• Pellagra
• Pemphigus vulgaris
• Pleurisy
• Polycythemia vera
• Rheumatic polymyalgia
• polymyositis
• Pneumonia ab ingestis
• Porfiria Cutanea Tarda
• Scleroderma
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Shigellosis
• Syphilis
• Silicosis
• Reiter syndrome
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Tropical sprue
• Liver steatosis
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• Pyloric stenosis
• Typhus
• thymoma
• Subacute thyroiditis
• trichinosis
• Tuberculosis
• Liver tumor
• Pancreatic cancer
• Kidney tumor
• Stomach cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Esophagus tumor
• Thyroid tumor
• Wilms tumor
• Cardiac tumors
• Laryngeal tumors
• Pituitary tumors
• Duodenal ulcer
• Gastric ulcer
• Peptic ulcer