Glossary for Excessive hunger

Medical terms related to Excessive hunger or mentioned in this section include:

• Ameloblastoma: A congenital tumor of the pituitary gland. Also called craniopharyngioma, craniopharyngeal duct tumor, pituitary adamantinoma or Rathke's pouch tumor.
• Amphetamine abuse: Use of the stimulant drugs known as amphetamines or "speed"
• Amphetamine withdrawal: Symptoms that occur when amphetamine use is discontinued or reduced. Symptoms may vary depending on the level of dependence. Amphetamines include dexamphetamine (speed), Ritalin and MDMA (ecstasy).
• Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome: A syndrome characterized by the excessive production of various hormones (gonadotrophic, thyrotrophic, lactotrophic and pancreatrophic hormone).
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Appetite changes: Inappropriately reduced or increased appetite.
• Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Cravings: Desires for unusual foods.
• Depression: Inappropriate depressed mood.
• Depressive symptoms: Inappropriate depressed mood.
• Diabetes: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetic hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar attack from insulin or diabetes medications
• Diarrhea: Loose, soft, or watery stool.
• Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
• Eating symptoms: Symptoms related to eating.
• Encephalitis: Infection of the brain (as a symptom)
• Excessive hunger: Inappropriate hunger or overeating.
• Excessive hunger in children:
• Food symptoms: Symptoms related to food.
• Glycogen storage disease type 6: A rare, generally mild form of inherited glycogen storage disease where a deficiency of phosphorylase b kinase leads to hypoglycemia and accumulation of glycogen in the liver.
• Glycogen storage disease type 6A, due to phosphorylase kinase deficiency: A rare, generally mild form of inherited glycogen storage disease where a deficiency of phosphorylase kinase leads to hypoglycemia and accumulation of glycogen in the liver. Phosphorylase kinase deficiency can cause glycogen storage disease type VIa and/or IX.
• Graves Disease: A condition which is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid resulting hyperthyroidism
• Graves disease: A condition which is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid resulting hyperthyroidism
• Hyperphagia: A term used to describe excessive eating. It is often caused by damage to the part of the brain called the hypothalmos.
• Hyperthyroidism: The excessive activity of the thyroid gland
• Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar levels
• Hypoglycemic attack: Sudden onset of low blood sugar levels
• Hysteria: hysteria describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses
• Indigestion: Imprecise term for various digestive complaints
• Kluver-Bucy Syndrome: A condition where damage to the temporal brain lobes from any of a variety of causes (accident, hypoglycemia, Alzheimer's and others) results in symptoms such as memory loss and abnormal behavior.
• Lawrence-Seip syndrome: Lawrence-Seip syndrome is a relatively uncommon condition involving generalized loss of skin fat that is acquired rather than congenital as in Berardinelli-Seip Syndrome. Patients can also develop diabetes mellitus and other problems. The loss of skin fat tends to occur during childhood or adolescence and is often triggered by infections such as measles and hepatitis. The diabetes tends to occur after fat loss begins. The limbs and face tend to be the most affected.
• Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus: Diabetes mellitus that is caused by a chronic malnutrition state
• Mania: Inappropriately euphoric mood usually with hyperactivity and other symptoms.
• Marijuana - Teratogenic Agent: There is evidence to indicate that exposure to Marijuana during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Marijuana abuse: Illicit depressant/hallucinogenic drug
• Methamphetamine withdrawal: Symptoms that occur when methamphetamine use is discontinued or reduced. Methamphetamines are often called speed, meth, crystal or crank. Symptoms may vary depending on the level of dependence.
• Neurosis: Variety of mental disorders with self-awareness
• Overeating: Eating too much food.
• Poor appetite: Loss or reduction in appetite for food
• Premenstrual syndrome: A collection of symptoms that some women suffer that occurs directly before menstruation
• Pretibial Myxedema: Condition causing redness and thickening of soft tissues under skin and pink nodules on shins and front of lower legs; a manifestation of the autoimmune disease Graves' Disease
• Puberty symptoms: Symptoms related to puberty in adolescence.
• Sleep deprivation: The condition of not getting enough sleep.
• Subacute Thyroiditis: A self-limiting, virally induced inflammation of the thyroid characterised by a febrile illness and swelling of the thyroid, with subsequent damage to the thyroid tissue causing leakage of thyroid hormones into the circulation
• Tapeworm infestation:
• Tapeworms: Parasitic worm infestation of digestive or other organs.
• Thinness: Underweight and thin
• Thirst: Inappropriate excessive thirst.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Brain injury from trauma or accident.
• Troell-Junet syndrome: A disorder involving enlarged extremities, diabetes, skull abnormalities and excessive thyroid hormone production.
• Undereating: Eating too little food.
• Weight Gain: Gain of body weight.
• Weight gain: Gain of body weight.
• Weight loss: Loss of body weight.

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