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Symptom: Weight loss



Introduction: Weight loss

Loss of body weight can occur due to various conditions ranging from undereating, eating disorders, to severe metabolic conditions including diabetes. Infant weight loss is often classed as failure to thrive. For inadequate growth without weight loss see poor growth. Any unexplained weight loss needs prompt professional medical advice for diagnosis and treatment.

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Causes of Weight loss:

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

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Causes of Types of Weight loss:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Weight loss:

See full list of 26 types for Weight loss

Weight loss: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Weight loss, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Weight loss

Home medical tests possibly related to Weight loss:

Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Weight loss

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Diagnostic Guides for Weight loss

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Weight loss from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Weight loss. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Weight loss

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

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

Misdiagnosis and Weight loss

Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of chronic symptoms. There are often four symptoms and conditions combined: ...read more »

Undiagnosed causes of weight gain and obesity: Although obesity may be related to lifestyle issues, there are also a number of medical causes of weight gain or obesity that may go undiagnosed. Some of the various possibilities include thyroid disorders (i.e. ...read more »

Over-diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in obese patients: A diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension, is often a misdiagnosis in obese patients. Exertional dyspnea leads...read more »

Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often in child patients than...read more »

Undiagnosed celiac disease in pregnancy harms fetus: The failure to diagnose the common but less known digestive disease celiac disease (see symptoms of celiac disease) is linked to...read more »

Misdiagnosed weight-related causes of infertility: A woman's weight status can affect her level of fertility. Although obesity or overweight...read more »

Lack of early signs in renal cell carcinoma: Renal cell carcinoma lacks early warning signs and makes a much generalised presentation. Hence the chances of it being misdiagnosed are higher....read more »

Widely underdiagnosed- Coeliac disease: Coeliac disease is a widely underdiagnosed condition as most patients present with non gastrointestinal symptoms such as tiredness. It is autoimmune in nature and there could be a genetic factor with one...read more »

Addison's disease has a good prognosis: Addison’s disease when treated with adequate replacement therapy has a good prognosis and life expectancy approximates normal. Lifelong medical supervision is required for signs of continued...read more »

Neuroblastoma can be confusing...: Neuroblastoma is a malignant tumor of neural crest origin and is the most common solid tumor of infancy and...read more »

Blindness in Tuberculosis could be drug- induced: Pulmonary tuberculosis is the infection of lung caused by the organism called Mycobacterium tuberculosis....read more »

Is your child always hungry?: Type 1 Diabetes also known as Juvenile Diabetes appears during childhood or adolescence and is a chronic condition which presents with vague symptoms such as failure to gain weight in spite of a huge...read more »

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Causes of Weight loss listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Weight loss as a symptom include:

See full list of 1414 causes of Weight loss
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Medications or substances causing Weight loss:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Weight loss as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 175 medications causing Weight loss

Drug interactions causing Weight loss:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Weight loss as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Advil (Ibuprofen) interaction
  • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Motrin (Ibuprofen) interaction
  • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Nuprinl (Ibuprofen) interaction
  • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Aleve (Naproxen) interaction
  • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Naprosyn (Naproxen) interaction

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Definitions of Weight loss:

A reduction in overall body mass.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

The reduction of overall body mass; may be due to disease, diet, or drugs; can be permanent or temporary, and may involve any tissue.
- (Source - CRISP)

Organs affected by Weight loss:

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

  • General constitution

Detailed list of causes of Weight loss

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

See full list of 1414 causes of Weight loss

How Common are these Causes of Weight loss?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Weight loss. Of the 1414 causes of Weight loss that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 15 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 26 causes are "common" diseases
  • 20 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 13 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 64 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 1312 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 1414 causes of Weight loss

Conditions listing symptoms: Weight loss:

The following list of conditions have 'Weight loss' 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.

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  • 14q+ syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • 18-Hydroxylase deficiency ... failure to thrive
  • 18p minus syndrome ... growth retardation
  • 1q deletion ... growth retardation
  • 2q deletion ... growth retardation
  • 3-Hydroxyisobutyric aciduria ... failure to thrive
  • 3-M Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, type 4 ... failure to thrive
  • 3q deletion ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • 4-Alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency ... failure to thrive
  • 49,XXXXX syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • 4p16.3 deletion ... growth retardation

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  • Aarskog Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Abdominal abscess ... weight loss
  • Abdominal Cancer ... weight loss, anorexia, anorexia, anorexia, anorexia
  • Abdominal Neoplasms ... weight loss
  • Abuse dwarfism syndrome ... self -starvation
  • Acanthocytosis ... slow weight gain, muscle wasting, failure to thrive
  • Accelerated silicosis ... weight loss
  • Acetaminophen poisoning ... anorexia
  • Achalasia ... weight loss
  • Achalasia, primary ... weight loss
  • Acidemia, methylmalonic ... failure to thrive
  • Acinic cell carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Acrodermatitis Enteropathica ... failure to thrive
  • Acrodynia ... weight loss, anorexia
  • ACTH Deficiency ... weight loss, anorexia
  • Actinomycetales infection ... weight loss
  • Actinomycosis ... weight loss
  • Acute adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Acute biphenotypic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... weight loss
  • Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage ... weight loss
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult ... weight loss
  • Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 6 ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7 ... weight loss
  • Acute myelocytic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute myelofibrosis ... weight loss, anorexia
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloid leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute myeloid leukemia, adult ... weight loss
  • Acute myelosclerosis ... weight loss
  • Acute panmyelosis ... weight loss, anorexia
  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Acute Silicosis ... weight loss
  • Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome ... weight loss
  • Addison's Disease ... weight loss, anorexia, wasting
  • Adenitis ... Anorexia
  • Adenocarcinoid tumor ... weight loss
  • Adenophorea Infections ... weight loss
  • Adenosarcoma of the uterus ... weight loss
  • Adenosine triphosphatase deficiency, anaemia due to ... weight loss
  • Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency ... growth retardation
  • Adhesions ... Anorexia
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... weight loss
  • Adrenal Cancer ... weight loss
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Adrenal disorders ... Anorexia, Weight loss
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... weight loss
  • Adrenal gland hypofunction ... weight loss
  • Adrenal hyperplasia ... anorexia
  • Adrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3 ... growth retardation
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... weight loss
  • Adrenal insufficiency ... Anorexia, Weight loss
  • Adrenal medulla neoplasm ... weight loss
  • Adrenomyeloneuropathy ... weight loss
  • Adrenomyodystrophy ... failure to thrive
  • 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
  • Agammaglobulinemia, alymphocytotic type ... failure to thrive
  • Aggressive NK-cell leukaemia ... weight loss
  • AIDS ... weight loss
  • AIDS dysmorphic syndrome ... growth failure
  • AIDS wasting syndrome ... weight loss, muscle wasting
  • AIDS-Related Complex ... weight loss
  • Alagille Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Albers-Schonberg disease - malignant recessive form ... growth retardation
  • Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy ... growth failure
  • Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Alcoholic Neuropathy ... muscle wasting
  • Alcoholism ... weight loss
  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis ... anorexia
  • Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Alpers Syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency ... weight loss
  • Alport Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Alsing syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Alveolar echinococcosis ... weight loss
  • Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... weight loss
  • Amebic dysentery ... weight loss
  • Amoebiasis ... weight loss
  • Amphetamine abuse ... weight loss
  • Amyloidosis AL ... weight loss
  • Amyloidosis beta2-microglobulinic ... weight loss
  • Amyloidosis, familial cutaneous ... failure to thrive
  • Amyloidosis, inflammatory ... weight loss
  • 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
  • Anal Cancer ... Weight loss
  • Anal conditions ... Weight loss
  • Anaplastic large cell lymphoma ... weight loss
  • Anaplastic small cell lymphoma ... weight loss
  • Andersen disease ... failure to thrive, muscular atrophy, muscular atrophy
  • Andrade's syndrome ... anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Anemia, Neonatal ... failure to thrive
  • Anemic - hematuria syndrome ... anorexia
  • Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia ... weight loss
  • Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia - plasma cell type ... weight loss
  • Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia ... growth retardation
  • Angioimmunoblastic with dysproteinemia lymphadenopathy ... weight loss
  • Angiostrongyliasis ... anorexia
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis ... weight loss
  • Ankylosis - facial anomalies - pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Anorectal disorders ... Weight loss
  • Anorexia ... Abusing other weight control methods, weight loss
  • Anorexia Nervosa ... Abusing other weight control methods, weight loss, low body weight, believing too fat even when thin, thinness, self-starvation, fear of gaining weight, denial of low body weight, emaciation, muscle mass loss, Weight changes
  • Anorexia nervosa, genetic types ... weight loss, low body weight, fear of gaining weight, emaciation
  • Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome ... weight loss
  • Aortic supravalvular stenosis ... slow weight gain, anorexia
  • Apparent mineralocorticoid excess ... failure to thrive
  • Appendix disorders ... Anorexia
  • Arachnoiditis ... muscle wasting
  • Arbovirus ... Anorexia
  • Arenavirus ... Weight loss
  • Arginase deficiency ... growth failure
  • Arterial occlusive disease, progressive - hypertension - heart defects - bone fragility - brachysyndactyly ... failure to thrive
  • Arteritis ... Weight loss
  • Artery conditions ... Weight loss
  • Arthritis ... weight loss
  • Arthrogryposis, congenital - myopathic seizures ... muscle wasting
  • Aseptic abscesses syndrome ... weight loss
  • Astrocytoma ... changes in weight
  • Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... failure to thrive
  • Atrial myxoma, familial ... weight loss
  • Atrioventricular septal defect ... failure to thrive
  • Attenuated familial polyposis ... weight loss
  • Austrian syndrome ... weight changes
  • Autoimmune thyroid diseases ... unexplained weight loss
  • Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly with cardiac defects and sensorineural hearing loss ... failure to thrive
  • Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum ... growth retardation

    B

  • B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia ... weight loss
  • B-cell lymphomas ... weight loss
  • B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia ... weight loss
  • Baber's syndrome ... weight loss, failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Back tumour ... weight loss, anorexia, muscle wasting
  • Bacterial endocarditis ... weight loss
  • Balo's concentric sclerosis ... muscle wasting
  • Banti's syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Bard-Pic syndrome ... weight loss, muscle wasting, muscle wasting
  • Bare lymphocyte syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Barth Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Bartonella infections ... anorexia
  • Bartter Syndrome ... anorexia, failure to thrive
  • Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Berylliosis ... weight loss
  • Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease ... weight loss
  • Bethlem myopathy ... muscle wasting
  • Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Bile acid synthesis defects ... failure to thrive
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4 ... failure to thrive
  • Bile Duct Cancer ... Weight loss
  • Bile Duct Conditions ... Weight loss
  • Biliary Atresia ... weight loss, growth delay
  • Biliary disorder ... Weight loss
  • Biliary tract cancer ... weight loss
  • Bindewald-Ulmer-Muller syndrome ... poor weight gain
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Bipolar disorder ... weight loss
  • Bladder Cancer ... weight loss
  • Bland-Garland-White syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Bland-White -Garland syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Blastocystis hominis ... weight loss
  • Blastoma ... weight loss
  • Blind loop syndrome ... weight loss, growth retardation
  • Blood cancer ... weight loss, anorexia
  • Blood conditions ... Weight loss
  • Blue Diaper Syndrome ... anorexia, failure to thrive
  • Bone cancer ... weight loss
  • Bone Marrow Conditions ... Weight loss
  • Bonnier's syndrome ... anorexia
  • Borjeson Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ... Muscle wasting
  • Bowel conditions ... Weight loss
  • Bowen-Conradi Syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Brain Fag syndrome ... weight loss
  • Brainerd diarrhea ... slight weight loss
  • Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency
  • Breast Duct Papilloma ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Brennemann's syndrome ... anorexia
  • Bright's Disease ... anorexia
  • Bruyn-Scheltens syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Bulimia nervosa ... fear of gaining weight
  • Busulfan toxicity syndrome ... weight loss, anorexia

    C

  • C-like syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • CAMFAK syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Campomelic dysplasia ... failure to thrive
  • Camptomelic dysplasia I ... failure to thrive
  • Camptomelic dysplasia II ... failure to thrive
  • Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... anorexia, muscle atrophy
  • Cancer ... Unexplained weight loss
  • Carcinoid syndrome ... weight loss
  • Carcinoma of the vocal tract ... weight loss
  • Carcinoma, squamous cell of head and neck ... weight loss
  • Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency
  • Carnosinase deficiency ... growth retardation
  • Carpenter syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Cat Eye Syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Cat scratch disease ... anorexia
  • Celiac artery stenosis from compression by median arcuate ligament of diaphragm ... weight loss
  • Celiac Disease ... Inadequate nutrition symptoms, weight loss, failure to thrive (infants)
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8 ... weight loss
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9 ... weight loss
  • Cerebellar ataxia, X-linked ... muscle wasting
  • Cerebral dysgenesis, neuropathy, ichthyosis, and palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, Juvenile ... muscle wasting
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 2 ... muscle wasting
  • Chilaiditi syndrome ... anorexia
  • Childhood liver cancer, primary ... weight loss
  • Cholestasis ... growth retardation
  • Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1 ... failure to thrive
  • Cholestatic jaundice -renal tubular insufficiency ... failure to thrive
  • Chondroblastoma (benign) ... muscle wasting
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata, brachytelephalangic ... failure to thrive
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata, non rhizomelic type ... failure to thrive
  • Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic type ... slow growth
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata, Sheffield type ... failure to thrive
  • Chromophil renal cell carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Chromosome 10 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 10, distal trisomy 10q ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 10p duplication/10q deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 11q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 11q partial deletion ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 12 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 12p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 12p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 12q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 13 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 13q deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 13q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 14 Ring ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 14 trisomy syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 14 uniparental disomy syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 15 inverted duplication ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 15 trisomy ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 15q triplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 15q, deletion ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 16p, partial duplication ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 16q, partial deletion ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 16q, partial duplication ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17 ring ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17 trisomy mosaicism ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17, deletion 17q23 q24 ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17p, partial deletion ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17p, partial duplication ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 17q, partial duplication ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 18 Ring ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 18, Tetrasomy 18p ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 18, trisomy 18q ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 18q, partial deletion ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 19 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 19p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 19q, partial duplication ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 1p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 2 trisomy syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 20 ring ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 20p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 21q, partial deletion ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22 suprenumerary marker ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22 trisomy mosaic ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22, monosomy mosaic ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 22, trisomy ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22q deletion ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22q deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 22q11.2 microduplication ... growth delay, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 2p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 2p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 2q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 3, Monosomy 3p2 ... growth delay
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3p ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 4 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 4, Monosomy 4q ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 4p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 4q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 5p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 5p tetrasomy syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 6 ring syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 7 deletion p22.2-p22.1 ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 7 ring syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 7p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 7p duplication syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Chromosome 7q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8 recombinant syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8p duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8p mosaic tetrasomy ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8q deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9 trisomy syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9, monosomy 9p ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy 9p ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9/mosaic ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9q deletion syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Chronic adult T-Cell leukemia ... anorexia
  • Chronic berylliosis ... weight loss
  • Chronic erosive gastritis ... weight loss
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... muscle loss/wasting
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia ... weight loss
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia ... weight loss
  • Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders ... weight loss
  • Chronic Pancreatitis ... weight loss
  • Chronic vitamin A toxicity ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... Weight loss
  • Cirrhosis, familial ... weight loss
  • Classic galactosemia ... poor weight gain, failure to thrive
  • Clear cell renal cell carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Cluster headache ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Cockayne syndrome ... underweight
  • Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency ... muscle wasting
  • Cogan's syndrome ... weight loss
  • Cohen Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency
  • Collagenous Colitis ... weight loss
  • Colorectal cancer ... Weight loss
  • Colorectal Polyps ... weight loss
  • Combined pituitary hormone deficiency, non acquired, non syndromic ... growth retardation
  • Common ventricle ... growth retardation
  • Complete atrioventricular canal ... poor weight gain
  • Complex 1 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency ... muscle wasting
  • Complex 5 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) ... anorexia
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - simple virilizing form in females ... growth retardation
  • Congenital benign spinal muscular atrophy dominant ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital chloride diarrhea ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A ... growth failure
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1F ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1G ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1I ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1K ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1L ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1M ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2G ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIH ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type X - Bombay blood group phenotype ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital heart septum defect ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital hypoparathyroidism, seizures, growth and mental retardation and unusual facies ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Congenital megalo-ureter ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital microgastria limb reduction defect ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital microvillous atrophy ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital mitral malformation ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital muscular dystrophy syringomyelia ... muscle wasting
  • Congenital short bowel ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption ... poor weight gain
  • Congenital syphilis ... failure to thrive
  • Congenital tuberculosis ... failure to thrive
  • Conotruncal heart malformations ... poor weight gain
  • Conradi-Hunermann syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Constipation ... weight loss
  • Copper deficiency, familial benign ... failure to thrive
  • Copper toxicity ... anorexia
  • Cor Triatriatum ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Creatine deficiency, X-linked ... failure to thrive
  • Cretinism athyreotic ... growth failure
  • Cri-du-chat syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Crohn's disease ... weight loss
  • Crohn's disease of the esophagus ... weight loss
  • Cryptosporiosis ... weight loss
  • Cushing's syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Cutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal ... failure to thrive
  • Cyclosporiasis ... weight loss, substantial loss of weight
  • Cyclosporiosis ... weight loss
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... weight loss, failure to thrive, failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Cystinosis ... growth retardation
  • Cytoplasmic body myopathy ... muscle wasting

    D

  • D'Acosta ... anorexia
  • Darvocet withdrawal ... weight loss
  • De Lange 1 ... slow weight gain
  • Deafness - lymphoedema - leukemia ... weight loss
  • Deafness, vitiligo, achalasia ... muscle wasting
  • Defect in synthesis of adenosylcobalamin ... failure to thrive
  • Defective expression of HLA class 1 ... failure to thrive
  • Defective expression of HLA class 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Degenerative motor system disease ... muscle wasting
  • Degos Disease ... weight loss
  • Depression ... weight loss
  • Depressive disorders ... weight loss
  • Dermatomyositis ... weight loss, muscle atrophy, muscle atrophy of extremities, muscle atrophy of extremities
  • Desmin-related myopathy with Mallory body-like inclusions ... muscle wasting
  • Diabetes ... Weight loss
  • Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic type 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, dominant type ... failure to thrive
  • Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, recessive type ... failure to thrive
  • Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic ... weight loss
  • Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal ... poor weight gain
  • Diabetic Gastroparesis ... Weight loss
  • Diamond-Blackfan anemia ... growth retardation
  • Dibasic aminoaciduria type 1 ... failure to thrive
  • Die-Smulders-Vles-Fryns syndrome ... underweight
  • Diencephalic syndrome of infancy ... emaciation, failure to thrive
  • Dientamoeba fragilis ... weight loss
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ... weight loss
  • Diffuse leiomyomatosis with Alport syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... weight loss
  • Dilaudid withdrawal ... anorexia
  • Disseminated infection with mycobacterium avium complex ... weight loss
  • Dubowitz Syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Duodenal conditions ... Anorexia, Weight loss
  • Dup (5)(q11-q22) ... growth retardation
  • Dup (5)(q22-q23) ... growth retardation
  • Dup (5)(q31-qter) ... growth retardation
  • Dup (5)(q32-qter) ... growth retardation
  • Dup (5)(q33-qter) ... growth retardation
  • Dwarfism ... failure to thrive
  • Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... atrophy
  • Dysthymia ... weight loss
  • Dystrophia myotonica 1 ... muscle atrophy

    E

  • Ear, patella, short stature syndrome ... poor weight gain
  • Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified (ENDOS) ... anorexia-like behavior but with normal weight
  • Eating disorders ... Weight loss, Emaciation
  • Ectodermal dysplasia, anhidrotic with T-cell immunodeficiency, autosomal dominant ... failure to thrive
  • Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, with immune deficiency ... failure to thrive
  • Edinburgh malformation syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Edwards Syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Eijkman's syndrome ... weight loss
  • Emanuel syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Emotional disorders ... Weight loss
  • Encephaloceles ... growth retardation
  • Encephalomyelitis ... weight loss
  • End Stage Liver Failure ... anorexia
  • Endocardial fibroelastosis ... anorexia, failure to thrive
  • Endocrine pancreatic cancer ... Weight loss, Anorexia
  • Endodermal sinus tumor ... weight loss
  • Endometrial stromal sarcoma ... weight loss
  • Enterovirus antenatal infection ... anorexia
  • Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome ... weight loss
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Erb's dystrophy ... progressive muscle wasting
  • Erb-Goldflam ... muscle wasting
  • Erdheim-Chester syndrome ... weight loss
  • Erythroderma desquamativa of Leiner ... failure to thrive
  • Erythroderma lethal congenital ... failure to thrive
  • Esophageal stricture ... weight loss
  • Esophagus Cancer ... Severe weight loss, weight loss
  • Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia ... weight loss
  • Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor ... weight loss

    F

  • FACWA syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Failure To Thrive ... slow weight gain, weight loss
  • Fallot syndrome ... poor weight gain
  • Familial Colorectal Cancer ... weight loss
  • Familial emphysema ... weight loss
  • Familial hyperchylomicronemia ... anorexia, failure to thrive
  • Familial hypopituitarism ... weight loss
  • Familial interstitial fibrosis ... weight loss
  • Familial polyposis - classical ... weight loss
  • Familial polyposis, autosomal recessive ... weight loss
  • Familial renal cell carcinoma ... weight loss
  • Familial Wilms tumor 2 ... weight loss
  • Fanconi syndrome ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • Fanconi-Bickel syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Farber's disease ... failure to thrive
  • Felty Syndrome ... anorexia, weight loss
  • Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Fetal thalidomide syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Fetal warfarin syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • FG syndrome 2 ... failure to thrive
  • Fibrosing alveolitis ... weight loss
  • Filovirus ... Anorexia
  • Finnish lethal neonatal metabolic syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Finnish nephrosis syndrome ... failure to thrive
  • Floating Harbor Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency
  • Foix-Alajouanine syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Follicular dendritic cell tumor ... weight loss
  • Follicular hamartoma - alopecia - cystic fibrosis ... failure to thrive
  • Follicular lymphoma ... weight loss
  • FOSMN syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Fothergill disease ... emaciation
  • Francois dyscephalic syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome ... postnatal growth deficiency, failure to thrive, failure to thrive
  • Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma ... muscle wasting
  • Froehlich syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Fructose-1-phosphate aldolase deficiency, hereditary ... failure to thrive
  • Fucosidosis type 1 ... growth retardation
  • Fucosidosis type II ... growth retardation
  • Fukuyama type muscular dystrophy ... muscle wasting
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... weight loss
  • Furukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome ... muscle wasting

    G

  • Galactosemia ... Failure to thrive
  • Galactosemia I ... growth retardation
  • Galactosemia III ... failure to thrive
  • Gall Bladder Cancer ... Anorexia, weight loss
  • Gall bladder conditions ... Anorexia
  • Gamstorp-Wohlfart syndrome ... muscle wasting
  • Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 ... failure to thrive, growth retardation
  • GAPO syndrome ... growth retardation
  • Gardner syndrome ... weight loss
  • Gastric cancer, borrmann 4 ... weight loss
  • Gastric lymphoma ... weight loss, anorexia
  • Gastric Reflux ... weight loss
  • Gastric Ulcer ... anorexia
  • Gastrinoma ... weight loss
  • Gastritis, familial giant hypertrophic ... anorexia, weight loss, weight loss
  • Gastrointestinal neoplasm ... weight loss
  • Gastroparesis ... Weight loss