Diagnosaurus
Involuntary weight loss
DDx
Medical
- Malignancy
- Gastrointestinal disorders, eg, malabsorption, pancreatic insufficiency, peptic ulcer
- Hyperthyroidism
- Chronic heart, lung, or renal disease
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Intestinal ischemia
- Dysphagia
- Anorexia due to azotemia
- Hypercalcemia
- Tuberculosis
- Subacute bacterial endocarditis
- Depression
- Dementia
- Alcoholism
- Anorexia nervosa
- Loss of teeth, poor denture fit
- Social isolation
- Poverty
- Inability to buy or prepare food
- NSAIDs
- Antiepileptics
- Digoxin
- SSRIs
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Involuntary Weight Loss." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114513/1/Involuntary_weight_loss.
Zeiger RFR. Involuntary weight loss. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114513/1/Involuntary_weight_loss. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Involuntary weight loss. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114513/1/Involuntary_weight_loss
Zeiger RFR. Involuntary Weight Loss [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114513/1/Involuntary_weight_loss.
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