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Ankylosing spondylitis
Bilateral lesions of the lateral hypothalamus (hypothalamic anorexia)
Decreased food intake/malnutrition
   Abdominal angina
   Anorexia of aging
   Chronic/recurrent nausea/vomiting
   Dementia/Alzheimer's disease
   Esophageal disease/dysphagia
       Esophagitis
       Neoplasm
       Neuromuscular dysfunction
       Reflux
       Scleroderma
       Stricture
   Medications
       Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (distortion of taste)
       Antidepressants
       Clonidine
       Digoxin
       Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents
       Sedatives
       Theophylline
   Obstructive gastrointestinal disease (including pyloric obstruction due to chronic peptic ulcer disease)
   Oral disease
       Loose dentures
       Poor or absent teeth
       Other oral diseases
   Pain
   Poor social situation
   Postantrectomy (especially Billroth II) or gastrectomy
   Poverty
   Unpalatable diets
Endocrine disorders
   Adrenal insufficiency
   Diabetes mellitus
   Diabetic neuropathic cachexia
   Hypercalcemia
   Panhypopituitarism
   Pheochromocytoma
   Thyrotoxicosis
Extensive exercise
Infection, especially
   Amebic abscess
   Bacterial endocarditis
   Chronic suppurative pleuropulmonary disease (e.g., emphysema)
   Cryptosporidiosis
   Fungal diseases
   Giardiasis
   Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Mycobacterium avium   pulmonary infections
   Parasitic infestations
   Paraspinal/epidural abscess
   Tuberculosis
   Visceral leishmaniasis
Maldigestion/malabsorption
       Inflammatory bowel disease
       Pernicious anemia
Malignancy, especially
   Biliary
   Breast
   Gastrointestinal
   Glucagonoma
   Hepatic
   Leukemia
   Lymphoma
   Myeloma
   Pancreatic
   Pulmonary
   Somatostatinoma
Myelofibrosis
Myotonic dystrophy
Parkinson's disease
Pink disease (mercury poisoning in children)
Psychiatric disease
   Anorexia nervosa
   Anxiety disorders
   Bulimia
   Conversion disorders
   Depression
   Manipulative behaviors
   Psychosis/paranoia
   Schizophrenia
   Substance abuse
Severe chronic organ failure
   Heart failure (cardiac cachexia)
   Hepatic disease
   Pulmonary disease
   Renal failure
Systemic lupus erythematosus

References


1. Foster DW: Gain and Loss in Weight, p. 245. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Baron RB: Protein-Energy Malnutrition, p. 1154. See Bibliography, 5.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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