Poor appetite

Introduction "Appetite" is a physiological need to eat. Once this demand is low or even disappears, it is called loss of appetite. To put it simply, there is no desire to eat, and the appetite is poor. After entering the summer, due to the increase in temperature, there is a decline in appetite, no diet, and a significant decrease in food intake compared with other seasons, accompanied by low fever (body temperature fluctuates between 37 °C and -37.4 °C), physical weakness, fatigue, lack of energy, work Inefficiency and weight loss.

Cause

Appetite is poor in acute, chronic gastritis, gastric cancer, tuberculosis, uremia, heart failure, hepatitis, cirrhosis, chronic adrenal insufficiency, anorexia is a physical factor, usually gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function is weak, if diet Lost, hunger and disappointment, partial cold, damage to the stomach, so that the resistance weakens the summer heat, the humidity in the air is high, the heat and evil spirits take advantage of it, people are in the sun during the day, cool down at night, or blow the fan Excessive air conditioning, heat due to cold, easy to get sick, side effects of chemotherapy drugs and so on.

an examination

Related inspection

General radiography, fiberoptic examination, gastrointestinal CT examination

Gastroscopy: The Sydney classification system has a series of provisions for the description of gastroscopy, including edema, erythema, fragility, exudation, flat erosion, bulging erosion, nodules, wrinkle hypertrophy, wrinkle atrophy, vascular permeability and bleeding Point to describe. Generally speaking, superficial gastritis is seen as the skin of a child with variegated flushing such as measles (or red and white). In the vertical part of the small curve, the line is flushed at the top of the longitudinal fold; followed by mucus secretion. Increased, attached to the mucous membrane is not easy to peel off, the surface of the mucous membrane is often red or erosive, the mucus that swallows or refluxes often contains bubbles, and flows with creeping, it is not difficult to identify; again is the performance of edema, pale mucous membrane, The small concave is obvious and the reflection is strong.

Differential diagnosis

Symptoms of poor appetite need to be identified for what causes:

1. Fatigue or tension: Generally, the above-mentioned workers may have a temporary loss of appetite due to fatigue or mental stress.

2. Overeating, overdrinking, insufficient exercise, and chronic constipation are also factors that cause poor appetite, but pay attention to some hidden crises, such as loss of appetite for no reason, continuous loss of appetite and so on.

3. Mental factors: I want to maintain a slim body, do not want to eat, and thus lose weight, so refuse to eat.

4. Pregnancy: Women may have poor appetite or vomiting at the beginning of pregnancy, or because of the side effects of oral contraceptives.

5. Disease factors: Loss of appetite usually leads to people directly related to gastrointestinal problems, such as chronic gastritis, stomach retardation, stomach cancer, such symptoms may occur. The initial symptoms of liver disease can also cause long-term loss of appetite. In fact, the loss of appetite caused by liver disease is usually extreme, and there is no appetite at all. The patient's relatives and friends can see the patient's serious rejection of food with a little attention.

In addition, endocrine diseases such as kidney disease, hypothyroidism, dysentery, cholera and other infections, heart disease, brain tumors, etc., may also lead to poor appetite. People with depression seem to have no interest in the things around them. They can't focus on the basic physiological needs, but only on negative or troubled ones, and poor appetite.

People with schizophrenia may be poisoned by delusional foods, do not want to eat, or may be nervous schizophrenia, will continue to focus or maintain a fixed posture, and seem to have no interest in the outside food.

The desire to eat is reduced, or even completely unconcerned.

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