When you are loosing weight even without attempting to do so and the weight loss is more than 5% of your body weight or 5 kgs, it can be a symptom of an underlying disease.Unexplained weight loss should be investigated.
Common causes include:
- Cancer
- Tuberculosis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Liver failure/ cirrhosis
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- HIV/AIDS
- Addison’s disease
- Celiac disease
- COPD or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)