Symptoms of Obesity

Symptoms of Obesity

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Obesity includes the 4 symptoms listed below:

• Increased weight
• Increased BMI
• Increased abdominal girth
• Secondary medical complications
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Obesity:

• Overview -- Obesity
• Diagnostic Tests for Obesity
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Obesity
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Obesity
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Obesity: Complications

Read information about complications of Obesity.

Diagnostic Testing

Diagnostic testing of medical conditions related to Obesity:

• Body Mass Index (BMI) - BMC 25..<30 is overweight; BMI >= 30 is obesity
• Weight-for-height charts
• Skinfold thickness measurement
• Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)
• more tests...»

Research More About Obesity

Do I have Obesity?

• Obesity: Introduction
• Obesity: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Obesity
• Failure to Diagnose Obesity
• Hidden Causes of Obesity
• How serious is it?
• Treatments for Obesity
• More about Obesity

Obesity: Medical Mistakes

• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Obesity:

• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Testing
  • Home Blood Glucose Test Kits
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Health Tests
  • Home Eye Health Tests
• more home tests...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Obesity?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Obesity includes:

• Fluid retention
• Edema
• See also various underlying causes of obesity
• See other causes of weight gain
• Increased caloric intake
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 25 alternative diagnoses for Obesity

Obesity: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

Research all specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

More about symptoms of Obesity:

More information about symptoms of Obesity and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Obesity
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Obesity
• Underlying causes of Obesity
• Associated conditions for Obesity
• Risk factors for Obesity

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Increased BMI - see all causes of Elevated BMI
• Increased weight - see all causes of Weight gain

Medical Books Online about Obesity

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Obesity are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Obesity.

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Symptoms of Obesity: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Obesity.

Mediastinal Mass: Mediastinal Mass - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• Superior vena cava syndrome (superior mediastinal syndrome):
  • Edema/suffusion of face and neck
  • Jugular venous distension
  • Conjunctival injection
  • Altered mental status
• Airway compression:
  • Cough (nonproductive)
  • Orthopnea or dyspnea
  • Stridor or wheezing
• Cardiac tamponade/diastolic dysfunction:
  • Quiet heart sounds
  • Hypotension, narrowed pulse pressure, or pulsus paradoxus

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Obesity as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Obesity, it is also important to consider Obesity as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Obesity may cause:

• Abdominal distension
• Amenorrhoea
• Arthropathy
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cortisol levels raised (serum or plasma)
• Female infertility
• Hyperinsulinaemia
• Hyperlipidaemia
• Hypertension, systemic
• Pickwickian syndrome
• Sex hormone binding globulin levels low (serum)
• Striae
• Thrombophilia
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Weight gain

Obesity as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Obesity as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Obesity.

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Obesity
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Obesity
• How serious is Obesity?
• More about Obesity
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

Full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis

About signs and symptoms of Obesity:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Obesity. This signs and symptoms information for Obesity has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Obesity signs or Obesity symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Obesity may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Obesity symptoms.