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All about unexplained weight loss

What are the consequences of weight loss?

Losing excess pounds is often a good thing to maintain good health. However, involuntary and unexplained weight loss should alert.

If they persist and reach a high threshold, they are usually a sign of an underlying disease, sometimes serious.

Severe weight loss can also be a sign of malnutrition. That is, from a deficiency in certain nutrients (for example, in the elderly or in people with digestive disease). Sudden or unreasonable weight loss can, for example, lead to:

  • nutrient deficiency;
  • fatigue and lack of concentration;
  • muscle pain.

What solutions against thinness?

Whether psychological or organic, the cause of weight loss must be identified in order to find appropriate solutions or treatments. As with all symptoms, weight loss is cured by its cause.

In the event of depression, the resumption of physical activity, good sleep and lifestyle habits will help in the medium term to regain appetite, in association with adequate psychological or pharmacological treatment.

For anorexia and bulimia, the appropriate treatment is psychotherapy.

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