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Although it is the desire of many people, especially women, a steady weight loss can be a sign that something is wrong. And 'well then investigate

Description

One of the most common obsessions today is that of thinness. Women young and old, but increasingly also men, are all to be able to lose their excess pounds. Almost everyone, in fact, are just happy that they see the needle of their balance has dropped more than they should, regardless, though, that sometimes a sudden drop in body weight may instead be a signal that anything positive.

From the medical point of view in fact, when the weight loss (considered as a weight reduction of 10 percent or 15 percent of ideal weight) occurs at a time too quickly and steadily, it means that something is goes.

If the thinness comes in conjunction with a diet that you are facing, however this should not justify excessive weight loss than expected.

Where, however, without the presence of obvious causes, you lose more than two pounds in the space of just nine or ten days, and the phenomenon continues over time, you should be suspicious.

In all these cases, you should contact a physician to undergo a thorough examination and, when necessary, laboratory analysis (both blood and urine tests) aimed at making a picture of the overall health of the organism and, if is the case, to investigate the activity of the thyroid gland *, that if he works in excess can cause a sudden weight loss.

IN SPRING

During the years when the spring or the summer come suddenly, with intense heat waves with changes in temperature or not indifferent, it can happen to lose your appetite for some time.

Nothing serious, but in this case it is better to keep "fresh" as possible and eat with plenty of fruits and vegetables.

How does it manifest

Sudden weight loss is often caused by factors little worrying, and perhaps repeated many times throughout their lives.

IN CASE OF INFLUENZA

A strong attack or a flu problem that causes pain to the teeth can affect appetite, losing a few pounds without any compromise to health.

DURING A TRIP

Other situations very common, but often cause a drop in weight, are traveling abroad in countries where dietary habits are very different than usual. No problem: just try to adapt to the new diet.

IF YOU CHANGE POWER

When a person decides to radically change their daily diet, such as becoming vegetarian, you may notice a few pounds to lose, especially in the early days of the change. This is not a problem, but only signal that the body is getting used to the new way to take food.

Body tilt

The causes of weight loss that can be so identified are essentially divided into two categories:

- Physiological causes (ie natural);

- Pathological causes (relating to diseases).

The first come into play when weight loss is determined by alterations in normal bodily functions, not caused by disease or trauma.

A common physiological causes of weight loss is the change in eating habits: in this sense is the typical variation of normal living conditions due, for example, a new job, forcing a hasty meal at the bar.

If we must get used to lunch with a sandwich swallowed in a hurry to run back in the office, it can happen that, in the long run, we determine impact on weight.

The activity

When there is a change in physical activity or work, change, inevitably, the daily energy expenditure of calories, then you must make sure to follow proper nutrition.

In fact, if you change the usual work with one that involves a greater physical effort and does not increase with the amount of food assimilated, the body, to continue to supply enough power to true, will use the resources of stored fat, reducing the Within a short time.

Likewise, if you suddenly start a new and costly form of physical activity without adjust their daily diet, you risk incurring the same problem.

Stress

At certain times of life, can be subjected to strong emotional tensions that have a high probability of going to also affect body weight.

In the case of bereavement or when you lose your job, it is normal that the situation of distress that has been created also affects their willingness to eat.

However, stress is a condition difficult to categorize because every individual has different manifestations. That is not surprising that, for other people, anxiety due to negative situations leads to an increase in appetite and an unusual voracity.

Diseases

In many cases, the sudden and unexplained weight loss is caused by diseases and disorders that can affect both the body's organs for the assimilation of food, as in the case of:

- Intestinal infections

- Changes in absorption,

Shares are not directly related to the digestive system *, but which may affect the energy body, as in the case of:

- Thyroid dysfunction,

- Tumors.

If you have diabetes

Disease that affects young people suddenly (type I diabetes) or already old (type II) diabetes results in a constant and rapid weight loss at an equally steady and rapid increase in appetite and food consumed.

The cause of this serious disorder must be sought in the sudden and excessive increase in the amount of sugar in the blood (hyperglycemia).

This significant increase results in a greater loss of sugar through the urine and, in the long run, the reduction of fat deposits in the human body.

The cure for diabetes usually involves the administration (subcutaneous injections) of insulin, the hormone that allows cells to consume sugar, avoiding it completely expelled from the body.

Malabsorption

When a person that lives with the right amount of food and follow a balanced and varied diet, however, presents problems of thinness, the cause may be sought in an alteration of the absorption of proteins, vitamins and fat content in foods. A food Malabsorption can be caused by certain disorders, the most common of which are:

- Celiac disease, namely the intestinal intolerance to gluten and food * in which this substance is present (bread, pasta), and often can also cause a severe diarrhea;

- Whipple's disease, which causes fat deposits in the small intestine because of which the food that arrives is not absorbed but excreted in the feces.

Special Issues

Depression

Many times, people with depression tend to lose appetite and thus weight loss rather abruptly. Only in some cases, defined atypical depression, people tend to have a huge hunger, a craving for food, especially carbohydrates (bread, pasta). However, in most cases, the loss of interest in respect of life typical of depressive illness, causes a rejection of both the pleasures of the table is the desire to feed themselves adequately to the needs of the organism.

Alcohol

People who have problems with alcohol addiction, or that are used to consume large quantities of alcohol, easily lose their appetite and progressively.

This happens because their body has its own consumption of calories by alcohol ingestion, and therefore no longer feels the need to feed themselves with food and regular meals.

Anorexia

Often the result of psychological or nervous disorders, anorexia nervosa mainly affects women in particularly difficult periods of their lives, such as adolescence, or the arrival of old age. This disease leads those affected to refuse any type of nutrition and food for long periods of time, and endangering all the vital functions of the human organism.

Digestion

Another category of disorders that leads to problems of weight loss is that relating to changes in the digestion. In these cases, the amount of food ingested by a person is correct, but the troubles in the digestive system do not allow the proper absorption.

As a result, the food is expelled almost completely and the person loses weight. The major digestive problems are:

- Failure in the functioning of the pancreas usually caused by hormonal imbalance, alters the digestion of food causes nausea and diarrhea;

- Shortage of production of bile *: port to damage in the digestive system, as the task of bile is precisely to facilitate the work of such apparatus;

- Infections caused by bacteria and parasites that creep in the digestive system, and especially in the gut. Cause a major disruption to the work of the intestinal lining, making it difficult its task of digestion and absorption of food. These are in fact rejected by the intestine eg patient expelled through diarrhea.

Among the intestinal parasites most popular is the tapeworm, or "tapeworm" that eating the food ingested by the host, prevents man to absorb the nutrients it needs.

TUMORS

A sharp weakening of physical, coupled with a rapid weight loss, can unfortunately be the first sign of a tumor. For when the body develops cancer cells, it undergoes a process of impoverishment of all those who may be its vital energy.

The development of cancer - so the disease is called in medical terms - means that the tumor mass, gradually increasing in volume, treats from all the healthy cells as much energy as possible. This phenomenon naturally leads those affected to a very rapid and obvious weight loss, despite their appetite remains constant.

Too many hormones

A sudden weight loss can sometimes be caused by the dysfunction of the thyroid gland, which deals with the production of hormones responsible for managing a number of important metabolic functions *.

When the thyroid gland does "too much" and would produce an excessive amount of hormones, the body pays the consequences. This condition, called hyperthyroidism, in fact, involves a disproportionate increase in the activity of the cells forming the body, because of which they are consumed amounts of protein, carbohydrate and fat content much higher than normal.

Consequently, people suffering from this disease sometimes eat more than normal, but continues to lose weight.

There is also another type of weight loss related to incorrect production of hormones, caused by the malfunction of another gland that provides the production of hormones: the adrenal gland *.

This disorder - also called Addison's disease - is caused by underproduction of cortisol and aldosterone, the lack of which causes the body to a lack of appetite and vomiting.

Gland under fire

The thyroid gland is often the culprit of a sudden weight loss. If it produces too much hormone, causes a speeding up metabolism, ie an energy higher than normal.