Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
3. Undergoing Cancer Treatment. Many people with cancer end up unintentionally losing weight due to low appetite, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and increased calorie needs. This can lead ...
Experts say that recent, unexplained weight loss is a "well-known phenomenon" associated with cancer. But other health conditions can cause weight loss as well.
Cachexia (/ kəˈkɛksiə / [1]) is a complex syndrome associated with an underlying illness, causing ongoing muscle loss that is not entirely reversed with nutritional supplementation. A range of diseases can cause cachexia, most commonly cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and AIDS.
Constitutional Symptoms. Unexplained weight loss: Weight loss that is unintended and not explained by diet, exercise or other illness may be a warning sign of many types of cancer. Unexplained pain: Pain that persists, has no clear cause, and does not respond to treatment may be a warning sign of many types of cancers.
Over a period of six years from breast cancer diagnosis, the weight of the survivors increased an average of 2 pounds. ... and quality of life for breast cancer survivors. Losing weight also ...
[3] [12] [34] The symptoms at diagnosis vary according to the location of the cancer in the pancreas, which anatomists divide (from left to right on most diagrams) into the thick head, the neck, and the tapering body, ending in the tail. Regardless of a tumor's location, the most common symptom is unexplained weight loss, which may be considerable.
Weight gain, weight loss and then breast cancer diagnosis In her junior year of high school, Loving stopped playing sports and being as active and noticed she gained a little bit of weight.
B symptoms are a set of symptoms, namely fever, night sweats, and unintentional weight loss, that can be associated with both Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These symptoms are not specific to lymphomas, especially each one considered individually, and even as a trio they are not pathognomonic for lymphomas, but the presence of the ...