Possible causes of Weight loss, unexplained
22 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Alcohol (ethanol) overuse Common Urgent
- Anorexia nervosa (eating disorder) Common Pediatric
- Bulimia nervosa (binge eating, vomiting) Common Pediatric
- Crohn's disease (regional enteritis, Crohn's colitis, intestinal inflammation) Common Urgent
- Depression (excessive sadness) Common Urgent
- Diabetes (elevated blood sugar) Common Pediatric
- Ulcerative colitis (large intestine inflammation) Common
- Cancer (tumor) Pediatric
- Cirrhosis (liver failure and scarring) Urgent
- Drug overuse Urgent
- Endocarditis (heart valve infection) Urgent
- Hemochromatosis
- HIV AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Urgent
- HIV AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Urgent
- Hyperthyroid (elevated thyroid hormone) Urgent
- Leukemia (blood cell cancer)
- Lymphoma (lymph node cancer) Pediatric
- Malabsorption syndrome Pediatric
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (TB)
- Q fever Urgent
- Sarcoidosis (sarcoid)
- Stomach cancer (gastric cancer)