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Thinness: Introduction

Being thin may simply be within the normal ranges for your genetic makeup. However, thinness can also indicate a variety of medical conditions, especially if it arises via weight loss. Any growth abnormality or unexplained weight loss needs careful professional medical investigation.

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Causes of Thinness:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Thinness. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Thinness:

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Thinness: Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Thinness

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Diagnostic Guides for Thinness

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  • WEIGHT LOSS
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • Weight Loss
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
 

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

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Organs affected by Thinness:

The list of organs typically affected by Thinness may include, but is not limited to:

  • General constitution

Detailed list of causes of Thinness

The list below shows some of the causes of Thinness mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Thinness?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Thinness. Of the 480 causes of Thinness that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 1 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 4 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 17 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 456 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 480 causes of Thinness

Conditions listing symptoms: Thinness:

The following list of conditions have 'Thinness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Abdominal Cancer ... anorexia
  • Acanthocytosis ... muscle wasting
  • Acetaminophen poisoning ... anorexia
  • Acrodynia ... anorexia
  • ACTH Deficiency ... anorexia
  • Acute adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Acute meningitis ... Anorexia
  • Acute myelofibrosis ... anorexia
  • Acute panmyelosis ... anorexia
  • Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene ... anorexia
  • Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short chain, deficiency of ... muscle wasting
  • Addison's Disease ... anorexia, wasting
  • Adenitis ... Anorexia
  • Adhesions ... Anorexia
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... anorexia
  • Adrenal disorders ... Anorexia
  • Adrenal hyperplasia ... anorexia
  • Adrenal insufficiency ... Anorexia
  • Adult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type ... muscle wasting
  • Adult SMA ... limb muscle atrophy, muscle wasting
  • Adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma ... Anorexia
  • Adult T-Cell lymphoma ... anorexia
  • Adverse reaction ... Anorexia
  • AIDS wasting syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Alcoholic Neuropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis ... anorexia
  • Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4, juvenile ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 9 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... wasting of muscle tissue
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Andersen disease ... muscular atrophy
  • Andrade's syndrome ... anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Anemic - hematuria syndrome ... anorexia
  • Angiostrongyliasis ... anorexia
  • Ankylosis - facial anomalies - pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Anorexia Nervosa ... believing too fat even when thin, thinness, emaciation, muscle mass loss
  • Anorexia nervosa, genetic types ... emaciation
  • Aortic supravalvular stenosis ... anorexia
  • Appendix disorders ... Anorexia
  • Apple seed poisoning ... anorexia
  • Arachnodactyly - Intellectual Deficit - Dysmorphism ... underweight
  • Arachnoiditis ... muscle wasting
  • Arbovirus ... Anorexia
  • Arthrogryposis, congenital - myopathic seizures ... muscle wasting
  • Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant ... muscle wasting

    B

  • Back tumour ... anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Bacterial meningitis ... Anorexia
  • Balo's concentric sclerosis ... muscle wasting
  • Banti's syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Bard-Pic syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Bartonella infections ... anorexia
  • Bartter Syndrome ... anorexia
  • Bertielliasis ... anorexia
  • Bethlem myopathy ... muscle wasting
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... anorexia
  • Blood cancer ... anorexia
  • Blue Diaper Syndrome ... anorexia
  • Bonnier's syndrome ... anorexia
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ... Muscle wasting
  • Breast Duct Papilloma ... anorexia
  • Brennemann's syndrome ... anorexia
  • Bright's Disease ... anorexia
  • Bruyn-Scheltens syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Busulfan toxicity syndrome ... anorexia

    C

  • Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... anorexia, muscle atrophy
  • Cat scratch disease ... anorexia
  • Cathinone poisoning ... anorexia
  • Cerebellar ataxia, X-linked ... muscle wasting
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, Juvenile ... muscle wasting
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 2 ... muscle wasting
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1 aplasia cutis congenital ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Chemical poisoning - 1,2-Dibromoethane ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Acetylene Tetrabromide ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Acrinathrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - alpha-Cypermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Amitrole ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos-methyl ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Barthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Beta-cyfluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - beta-Cypermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Bifenthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Bioallethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Bioehtanomethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Biopermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Bioresmethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorinated naphthalene ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorodiphenyl ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cismethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyclethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyfluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyhalothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyllprothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyphenothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Deltamethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Dimefluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Dimethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Empenthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Esfenvalerate ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Ether ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenfluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenpirithrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenpropathrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenvalerate ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Flucythrinate ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Flufenprox ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Fluvalinate ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Furethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - gamma-Cyhalothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Halfenprox ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexabromobiphenyl ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexane ... muscle wasting
  • Chemical poisoning - Imiprothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - lambda-Cyhalothrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Methyl Bromide ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Metofluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Molybdenum ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Phenol ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Phthalthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Prallethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Profluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Protrifenbute ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Pyresmethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Pyrethroid ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Silafluofen ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Tau-Fluvalinate ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Tefluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Tetramethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - theta-Cypermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Tralomethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Transfluthrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - Transpermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chemical poisoning - zeta-Cypermethrin ... anorexia
  • Chilaiditi syndrome ... anorexia
  • Chondroblastoma (benign) ... muscle wasting
  • Chronic adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Chronic Hepatitis ... anorexia
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... muscle loss/wasting
  • Chronic Pesticide poisoning - xylene ... anorexia
  • Chronic vitamin A toxicity ... anorexia
  • Cluster headache ... anorexia
  • Cockayne syndrome ... underweight
  • Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency ... muscle wasting
  • Complex 1 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) ... anorexia
  • Congenital benign spinal muscular atrophy dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital muscular dystrophy syringomyelia ... muscle wasting
  • Copper toxicity ... anorexia
  • Cutler Syndrome ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Cyclospora cayetanenis food poisoning ... anorexia
  • Cytoplasmic body myopathy ... muscle wasting

    D

  • D'Acosta ... anorexia
  • Deafness, vitiligo, achalasia ... muscle wasting
  • Degenerative motor system disease ... muscle wasting
  • Dermatomyositis ... muscle atrophy, muscle atrophy of extremities
  • Desmin-related myopathy with Mallory body-like inclusions ... muscle wasting
  • Die-Smulders-Vles-Fryns syndrome ... underweight
  • Diencephalic syndrome of infancy ... emaciation
  • Dilaudid withdrawal ... anorexia
  • Distal myopathy, Welander type ... muscle wasting
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Duodenal conditions ... Anorexia
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... atrophy
  • Dystrophia myotonica 1 ... muscle atrophy

    E

  • Eating disorders ... Emaciation
  • Electrolyte abnormality ... anorexia
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... progressive muscle wasting
  • End Stage Liver Failure ... anorexia
  • Endocardial fibroelastosis ... anorexia
  • Endocrine pancreatic cancer ... Anorexia
  • Enterovirus antenatal infection ... anorexia
  • Erb's dystrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Erb-Goldflam ... muscle wasting

    F

  • FACWA syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Familial hyperchylomicronemia ... anorexia
  • Felty Syndrome ... anorexia
  • Filovirus ... Anorexia
  • Foix-Alajouanine syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • FOSMN syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Fothergill disease ... emaciation
  • Francisella tularenis infection ... anorexia
  • Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma ... muscle wasting
  • Fukuyama type muscular dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Furukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome ... muscle wasting

    G

  • Gall Bladder Cancer ... Anorexia
  • Gall bladder conditions ... Anorexia
  • Gamstorp-Wohlfart syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Gangliosidosis, generalized GM1 type 3 ... muscle wasting
  • Gastric lymphoma ... anorexia
  • Gastric Ulcer ... anorexia
  • Gastritis, familial giant hypertrophic ... anorexia
  • Generalized Myasthenia Gravis ... muscle wasting
  • Giardia ... anorexia
  • Gigantism partial - nevi - hemihypertrophy - macrocephaly ... underweight
  • Graft-versus-host disease - acute ... anorexia

    H

  • Helicobacter pylori bacteria ... Anorexia
  • Hemophagocytic reticulosis ... anorexia
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura ... anorexia
  • Hepatoblastoma ... anorexia
  • Hepatoma ... muscle wasting
  • Hepatorenal tyrosinemia ... anorexia
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Ajuga Nipponensis Makino ... anorexia
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Wormwood ... anorexia
  • Hereditary inclusion body myopathy - joint contractures - ophthalmoplegia ... muscle wasting
  • Hereditary peripheral nervous disorder ... muscle wasting
  • Hereditary spherocytic hemolytic anemia ... anorexia
  • Herpes simplex encephalitis ... anorexia
  • Hip cancer ... anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Hobo spider poisoning ... anorexia
  • Hodgkin's Disease ... anorexia
  • Hymenolepsis diminuta infection ... anorexia
  • Hymenolepsis nana infection ... anorexia
  • Hypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas ... muscle wasting
  • Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis ... anorexia
  • Hypokalemia ... anorexia
  • Hyponatremia ... anorexia
  • Hypopituitarism ... Anorexia

    I

  • Idiopathic myopathy ... muscle wasting
  • Immunoproliferative diseases ... Anorexia
  • Inclusion body myopathy 3, autosomal dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Inclusion body myopathy, 2 autosomal recessive ... leg muscle wasting
  • Inclusion Body Myositis ... muscle atrophy
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... one-sided body atrophy
  • Infectious Diarrhea ... Anorexia
  • Infective endocarditis ... anorexia
  • Insect parasite conditions ... Anorexia
  • Intercostal neuralgia ... muscle atrophy
  • Intestinal capillariasis ... muscle wasting
  • Intestinal Conditions ... Anorexia
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma ... anorexia
  • Isopsoriasis ... anorexia
  • Itraconazole toxicity ... anorexia

    J

  • Jequier-Kozlowski-skeletal dysplasia ... muscle wasting
  • Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome ... anorexia
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... muscle wastage

    K

  • Klinefelter syndrome ... thinness
  • Kuskokwim disease ... muscle wasting

    L

  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... thigh muscle atrophy
  • Leiner Disease ... wasting
  • Leishmaniasis ... anorexia
  • Leprosy ... muscular atrophy
  • Letterer-Siwe disease ... anorexia, wasting
  • Levine-Critchley syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Lightwood-Albright syndrome ... anorexia, wasting
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C ... muscle wasting
  • Lipidosis with triglyceride storage disease ... muscle wasting
  • Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia ... anorexia
  • Lipoproteine lipase deficiency ... anorexia
  • Liposarcoma ... emaciation
  • Listeriosis meningoencephalitis ... anorexia
  • Lithium toxicity ... anorexia
  • Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome ... emaciation
  • Lupine poisoning ... muscle wasting
  • Lupus ... anorexia

    M

  • MADSAM ... muscle wasting
  • Marasmus ... Muscle wasting
  • Marfan syndrome ... thinness
  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Marshall-Smith Syndrome ... underweight
  • Mc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Cabezas type ... muscle wasting
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type ... muscle wasting
  • Mercury poisoning - consumption of contaminated fish ... anorexia
  • Mercury poisoning - Folk Remedies ... anorexia
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Minicore disease ... muscle wasting
  • Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia ... muscle wasting
  • Minicore myopathy, antenatal onset, with arthrogryposis ... muscle wasting
  • Minicore myopathy, moderate, with hand involvement ... muscle wasting
  • Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy - aminoacidopathy ... muscle wasting
  • Mitochondrial myopathy - lactic acidosis ... muscle wasting
  • Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Mixed connective tissue disease ... Anorexia
  • Miyoshi myopathy ... leg muscle wasting
  • Morse-Rawnsley-Sargent syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Motor neuropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Motor neuropathy, peripheral with dysautonomia ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Multicentric osteolysis - nodulosis - arthropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... anorexia
  • Multifocal motor neuropathy ... muscle atrophy
  • Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block ... muscle wasting
  • Multiminicore disease (MmD) ... muscle wasting
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia ... Anorexia
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ... Anorexia
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 ... Anorexia
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 3 ... Anorexia
  • Multiple system atrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Multiple system atrophy (MSA) with orthostatic hypotension ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy - congenital infantile cataract - hypogonadism ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular Dystrophy - Late Onset ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy - white matter spongiosis ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy congenital, with integrin deficiency ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy limb girdle type 2A, Erb type ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy, congenital, infantile with cataract - hypogonadism ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type ... atrophy of arm muscle, atrophy of thigh muscles
  • Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle - mental retardation ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Muscular fibrosis, multifocal - obstructed vessels ... muscle wasting
  • Myasthenia, Familial Infantile, 1 ... muscle wasting
  • Myasthenia, familial limb-girdle ... muscle wasting
  • Myasthenia, Limb-Girdle, with Tubular Aggregates ... muscle wasting
  • Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, slow-channel ... muscle wasting
  • Myelitis ... anorexia
  • Myelofibrosis ... anorexia
  • Myopathy and diabetes mellitus ... muscle wasting
  • Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia ... muscle wasting
  • Myopathy, hyaline body, autosomal dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Myopathy, Myosin storage ... muscle wasting
  • Myotonic Dystrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Myotonic dystrophy, type 2 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Ménétrier's disease ... anorexia

    N

  • NADH CoQ reductase, deficiency of ... muscle wasting
  • Nakajo syndrome ... emaciation
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ... anorexia
  • Nemalin myopathy, late onset type ... muscle wasting
  • Nemaline myopathy 5 ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Neonatal bacterial meningitis ... anorexia
  • Neonatal sepsis ... anorexia
  • Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus ... anorexia
  • Nephrotic syndrome ... wasting muscles
  • Nerve compression ... muscle wasting
  • Nerve entrapment ... muscle wasting
  • Neu-Laxova Syndrome ... muscular atrophy
  • Neuropathy ... Muscle loss, Muscle atrophy
  • Neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory, LOM type ... muscle wasting
  • Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type II ... muscle wasting
  • Neurosyphilis ... muscle wasting
  • Nocardiosis ... anorexia
  • Nodulosis-arthropathy-osteolysis syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Nutritional deficiency ... Anorexia

    O

  • Obal syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Obstructive Jaundice ... anorexia
  • Oesophagostomiasis ... anorexia
  • Oligomeganephronic renal hypoplasia ... anorexia
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... muscle wasting
  • Opioid withdrawal ... anorexia
  • Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency ... anorexia
  • Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency ... anorexia
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta ... low muscle mass

    P

  • Palmoplantar keratoderma - amyotrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer ... Anorexia
  • PANDAS ... anorexia
  • Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration ... muscle wasting
  • Para-amino benzoic acid overuse ... anorexia
  • Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Syndromes ... Anorexia
  • Parathyroid Cancer ... Anorexia
  • Parsonage Turner syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Passos-Bueno syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Pelvic abscess ... anorexia
  • Peripheral neuropathy ... muscle loss
  • Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 deficiency ... anorexia
  • Pneumonia, eosinophilic ... anorexia
  • Polycystic kidney disease type 1 ... emaciation
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... anorexia
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Pontocerebellar hypoplasia with infantile spinal muscular atrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Post-polio syndrome ... muscular atrophy
  • Posterior column ataxia with retinitis pigmentosa ... muscle wasting
  • Postperfusion lung syndrome ... anorexia
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis ... muscle wasting
  • Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis ... anorexia
  • Primary tubular proximal acidosis ... anorexia
  • Progressive spinal muscular atrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Proteus Syndrome ... underweight
  • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis ... Anorexia
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 ... muscle wasting
  • Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 ... anorexia
  • Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal dominant ... anorexia
  • Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal recessive ... anorexia
  • Psychiatric disorders ... Anorexia
  • Psychological disorders ... Anorexia
  • Pulmonary fibrosis ... Anorexia

    R

  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Renal infarction ... anorexia
  • Renal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia ... anorexia
  • Rib Tumor ... anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Richards-Rundle syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Ricketttsialpox ... anorexia
  • Riley Shwachman syndrome ... anorexia
  • Ritter syndrome ... anorexia
  • Rocio encephalitis ... anorexia
  • Rubella ... anorexia
  • Rud Syndrome ... muscular atrophy

    S

  • Salvioli syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Sandhoff Disease ... muscle wasting
  • Sassoon hospital syndrome ... anorexia
  • Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Scleroatonic muscular dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Sclerosing Cholangitis ... anorexia
  • Secondary Bone Cancer ... anorexia
  • Self Harm ... Anorexia
  • Serious digitalis intoxication ... anorexia
  • Shaver's disease ... anorexia
  • Short Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SCAD) ... muscle wasting
  • Shwachman syndrome ... underweight
  • Silo unloader syndrome ... anorexia
  • Singleton-Merten Syndrome ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Small syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Smoldering adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Spencer disease ... anorexia
  • Spinal bulbar motor neuropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... muscle atrophy, atrophic muscle changes
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia - amyotrophy - deafness ... muscle wasting
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 3 ... muscle wasting
  • Spira syndrome ... anorexia
  • Spleen Cancer ... anorexia
  • Sporotrichosis - disseminated ... anorexia
  • Squamous Cell Skin Cancer ... anorexia
  • Steroid withdrawal syndrome ... anorexia
  • Storm syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis ... Anorexia

    T

  • Tay Sachs ... Muscle atrophy
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome TOS ... muscle atrophy
  • Thyrocerebral-retinal syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... anorexia
  • Toxic mushrooms - Renal toxic (orelline) ... anorexia
  • Tropical sprue ... anorexia, wasting

    U

  • Ulerythema ophryogenesis ... Atrophy

    V

  • Vacuolar myopathy ... muscle wasting
  • Vanadium poisoning ... anorexia
  • Varicella virus antenatal infection ... Anorexia
  • Varicella zoster ... Anorexia
  • Vibrio ... Anorexia
  • Vibrio vulnificus infection ... Anorexia
  • Viral digestive infections ... Anorexia
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... Anorexia
  • Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) ... anorexia
  • Vitamin D - adverse effects ... anorexia

    W

  • Wasting Syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... Anorexia
  • Weight cycling ... Anorexia
  • Welander distal myopathy, Swedish type ... Wasting
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... anorexia
  • Wheat intolerance ... Anorexia
  • Whipple's Disease ... emaciation
  • Whole-body acute irradiation - hematopoietic syndrome ... anorexia
  • Wieacker syndrome ... Muscle atrophy
  • Wilson's Disease ... muscle wasting
  • Winkelman Bethfe Pfeiffer syndrome ... Anorexia
  • Wohlwill-Andrade syndrome ... Muscle wasting
  • Wolman disease ... Anorexia
  • Worm conditions ... Anorexia

    X

  • X-linked mental retardation - hypotonia ... muscle wasting

    Y

  • Yolk sack tumour ... Anorexia

    Conditions listing complications: Thinness:

    The following list of conditions have 'Thinness' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Anorexia Nervosa ... starvation

    B

  • Bamboo hair syndrome ... underweight

    C

  • Comel-Netherton Syndrome ... underweight

    E

  • Eating disorders ... starvation

    F

  • Fowl paralyses ... starvation
  • Fowl Paralysis ... starvation

    M

  • Mareck's disease - nervous system ... starvation
  • Mareck's disease - visceral ... starvation
  • Marek disease ... starvation
  • Marek's disease ... starvation

    N

  • Netherton syndrome ichthyosis ... underweight

    R

  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome ... muscle atrophy

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  • Causes of Thinness Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Thinness based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Thinness?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Thinness, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Thinness:

    Subtypes of Thinness:

    Anorexia (254 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Thinness:

    Weight loss (1848 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes), Body symptoms (2668 causes), Weight symptoms (1751 causes)

    Symptoms related to Thinness:

    Underweight (465 causes), Weight loss (1848 causes), Poor growth (2164 causes), Normal genetic variation, Malnutrition (36 causes), Excessive dieting, Excessive exercising, Anorexia nervosa, Failure to thrive (640 causes), Pyloric stenosis

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