Sudden Unexpected Weight Loss

Usually an unrecognized cancer will have other symptoms or abnormalities of laboratory tests in addition to unexplained weight loss.

Sudden unexpected weight loss. Learn about other potential cancer symptoms and the many other causes of unexplained weight loss. Your body is made of fat mass and. Unintentional weight loss definition.

If you lose 5 to 10 percent of your body weight over the course of three to six months you need to get checked out says reshmi srinath m d assistant professor of diabetes endocrinology. Muscle loss or muscle wasting can lead to unexpected weight loss the major symptom is muscle weakness. There are several types of cancer such as leukemia lung pancreatic breast and colon that are known to lead to unexplained weight loss says eyal meiri md interim chief of medical oncology at cancer treatment centers of america in atlanta.

There are many reasons that weight loss can occur. They identified depression as the underlying cause in 7 of the participants. Often a combination of things results in a general decline in your health and a related weight loss.

Unexplained weight loss can be from various conditions including gut disease diabetes depression or cancer. Unexplained weight loss has many causes medical and nonmedical. This would be equivalent to a 200 pound man losing 10 pounds or a 130 pound woman losing 6 to 7 pounds.

Loss of appetite is a common side effect of clinical depression and one that can promote unexplained weight loss if you re unaware that your mood swings are something a bit more serious. It s normal to lose a noticeable amount of weight after the stress of changing jobs divorce redundancy or bereavement. Unexplained weight loss is one of the symptoms of cancer that are too often ignored.

Sudden noticeable weight loss can happen after a stressful event although it can also be a sign of a serious illness. Here are 6 possible causes of sudden rapid weight loss. Sometimes a specific cause isn t found.