Thinness
Thinness: Introduction
Being thin may simply be within the normal ranges for your genetic makeup.
However, thinness can also indicate a variety of medical conditions,
especially if it arises via weight loss.
Any growth abnormality or unexplained weight loss
needs careful professional medical investigation....more »
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Causes of Thinness:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Thinness.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Thinness
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Causes of Types of Thinness:
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Thinness: Symptom Checker
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Thinness: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Thinness
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Thinness: Deaths
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Misdiagnosis and Thinness
Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is
an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of chronic symptoms.
There are often four symptoms and conditions combined: obesity, hypertension ...read more »
Over-diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in obese patients: A diagnosis
of pulmonary hypertension, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension,
is often a misdiagnosis in obese patients.
Exertional dyspnea leads to a diagnostic...read more »
Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions
are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often
in child patients than in adults....read more »
Misdiagnosed weight-related causes of infertility: A woman's weight status
can affect her level of fertility.
Although obesity or overweight can in themselves reduce fertility, there are other
weight-related or associated medical conditions...read more »
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Thinness: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Organs affected by Thinness:
The list of organs typically affected by Thinness may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Thinness
The list below shows some of the causes of Thinness mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Thinness
How Common are these Causes of Thinness?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Thinness.
Of the 528
causes of Thinness that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 4
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 4
causes are "rare" diseases
- 17
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 505
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 528
causes of Thinness
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Thinness:
The following list of conditions
have 'Thinness' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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- Abdominal Cancer
... anorexia
- Acanthocytosis
... muscle wasting
- Acetaminophen poisoning
... anorexia
- Acrodynia
... anorexia
- ACTH Deficiency
... anorexia
- Acute adult T-Cell leukemia
... anorexia
- Acute meningitis
... Anorexia
- Acute mountain sickness
... anorexia
- Acute myelofibrosis
... anorexia
- Acute panmyelosis
... anorexia
- Acute Pesticide poisoning -- xylene
... anorexia
- Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short chain, deficiency of
... muscle wasting
- Addison's Disease
... wasting, anorexia
- Adenitis
... Anorexia
- Adhesions
... Anorexia
- Adrenal Cortex Diseases
... anorexia
- Adrenal disorders
... Anorexia
- Adrenal hyperplasia
... anorexia
- Adrenal insufficiency
... Anorexia
- Adult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type
... muscle wasting
- Adult SMA
... limb muscle atrophy, muscle wasting
- Adult T-Cell leukemia
... anorexia
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
... Anorexia
- Adult T-Cell lymphoma
... anorexia
- Adverse reaction
... Anorexia
- AIDS wasting syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Alcoholic Neuropathy
... muscle wasting
- Aleukemic leukemia cutis
... anorexia
- Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4, juvenile
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8
... progressive muscle wasting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 1
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 11
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 9
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8
... wasting of muscle tissue
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6
... progressive muscle wasting
- Andersen disease
... muscular atrophy
- Andrade's syndrome
... anorexia, muscle wasting
- Anemic -- hematuria syndrome
... anorexia
- Angiostrongyliasis
... anorexia
- Ankylosis -- facial anomalies -- pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Anorexia Nervosa
... believing too fat even when thin, thinness, muscle mass loss, emaciation
- Anorexia nervosa, genetic types
... emaciation
- Aortic supravalvular stenosis
... anorexia
- Appendix disorders
... Anorexia
- Apple seed poisoning
... anorexia
- Arachnodactyly -- Intellectual Deficit -- Dysmorphism
... underweight
- Arachnoiditis
... muscle wasting
- Arbovirus
... Anorexia
- Arthrogryposis, congenital -- myopathic seizures
... muscle wasting
- Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant
... muscle wasting
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- Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy
... muscle wasting
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
... thigh muscle atrophy
- Leiner Disease
... wasting
- Leishmaniasis
... anorexia
- Leprosy
... muscular atrophy
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 1
... muscle wasting
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 2
... muscle wasting
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 3
... muscle wasting
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 4
... muscle wasting
- Letterer-Siwe disease
... anorexia, wasting
- Levine-Critchley syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Lightwood-Albright syndrome
... anorexia, wasting
- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C
... muscle wasting
- Lipidosis with triglyceride storage disease
... muscle wasting
- Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia
... anorexia
- Lipoproteine lipase deficiency
... anorexia
- Liposarcoma
... emaciation
- Listeriosis meningoencephalitis
... anorexia
- Lithium toxicity
... anorexia
- Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome
... emaciation
- Lowe Syndrome
... Emaciation
- Lupine poisoning
... muscle wasting
- Lupus
... anorexia
- Lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin's disease
... anorexia
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- MADSAM
... muscle wasting
- Marasmus
... Muscle wasting
- Marfan syndrome
... thinness
- Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome
... Muscle wasting
- Marshall-Smith Syndrome
... underweight
- Mc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Mental retardation, X-linked, Cabezas type
... muscle wasting
- Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type
... muscle wasting
- Mercury poisoning -- consumption of contaminated fish
... anorexia
- Mercury poisoning -- Folk Remedies
... anorexia
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
... muscle wasting
- Minicore disease
... muscle wasting
- Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia
... muscle wasting
- Minicore myopathy, antenatal onset, with arthrogryposis
... muscle wasting
- Minicore myopathy, moderate, with hand involvement
... muscle wasting
- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy -- aminoacidopathy
... muscle wasting
- Mitochondrial myopathy -- lactic acidosis
... muscle wasting
- Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease
... anorexia
- Mixed connective tissue disease
... Anorexia
- Miyoshi myopathy
... leg muscle wasting
- Morse-Rawnsley-Sargent syndrome
... muscle wasting
- Motor neuropathy
... muscle wasting
- Motor neuropathy, peripheral with dysautonomia
... progressive muscle wasting
- Multicentric osteolysis -- nodulosis -- arthropathy
... muscle wasting
- Multifocal fibrosclerosis
... anorexia
- Multifocal motor neuropathy
... muscle atrophy
- Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block
... muscle wasting
- Multiminicore disease (MmD)
... muscle wasting
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
... Anorexia
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
... Anorexia
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
... Anorexia
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 3
... Anorexia
- Multiple system atrophy
... muscle wasting
- Multiple system atrophy (MSA) with orthostatic hypotension
... muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy -- congenital infantile cataract -- hypogonadism
... muscle wasting
- Muscular Dystrophy -- Late Onset
... progressive muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy -- white matter spongiosis
... muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy congenital, with integrin deficiency
... muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy limb girdle type 2A, Erb type
... progressive muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy limb-girdle (generic term)
... muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy, congenital, infantile with cataract -- hypogonadism
... muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type
... atrophy of arm muscle, atrophy of thigh muscles
- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle -- mental retardation
... progressive muscle wasting
- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant
... muscle wasting
- Muscular fibrosis, multifocal -- obstructed vessels
... muscle wasting
- Muscular phosphorylase kinase deficiency
... muscle wasting
- Myasthenia, Familial Infantile, 1
... muscle wasting
- Myasthenia, familial limb-girdle
... muscle wasting
- Myasthenia, Limb-Girdle, with Tubular Aggregates
... muscle wasting
- Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, slow-channel
... muscle wasting
- Mycobacterium kansasii
... muscle wasting
- Myelitis
... anorexia
- Myelofibrosis
... anorexia
- Myopathy and diabetes mellitus
... muscle wasting
- Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia
... muscle wasting
- Myopathy, hyaline body, autosomal dominant
... muscle wasting
- Myopathy, Mitochonrdrial Progressive, with Congenital Cataract, Hearing Loss and Developmental Delay
... muscle wasting
- Myopathy, Myofibrillar, BAG3-Related
... muscle wasting
- Myopathy, Myosin storage
... muscle wasting
- Myotonic Dystrophy
... progressive muscle wasting
- Myotonic dystrophy, type 2
... progressive muscle wasting
- Ménétrier's disease
... anorexia
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Conditions listing medical complications: Thinness:
The following list of medical conditions have
Thinness or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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Causes of Thinness Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Thinness?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Thinness, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Thinness:
Subtypes of Thinness:
Anorexia (303 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Thinness:
Weight loss (2248 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Weight symptoms (2043 causes)
Symptoms related to Thinness:
Underweight (528 causes), Weight loss (2248 causes), Poor growth (2366 causes), Normal genetic variation, Malnutrition (111 causes), Excessive dieting, Excessive exercising, Anorexia nervosa, Failure to thrive (955 causes), Pyloric stenosis
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