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What Causes Rapid Weight Loss Along With Fatigue And Nausea?

My fiance age 57 has recently had a rapid weight loss of 30 pounds in the last year, nausea mainly in the morning lasting until noon, chronic fatigue, and his blood pressure is now consistently low ranging from 110/70 to lower. He is 6 foot 1 and did weigh 190 but has now dropped to 160. His doctors have taken him off of all of his blood pressure meds and he is a diabetic taking insulin shots every evening. I am concerned
Mon, 17 Jul 2017
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Hi,
Thanks for the query. i understand your concern.
Unintentional weight loss with fatigue needs to be investigated & treated specifically.
The symptoms can arise from many causes- relevant ones being-Peptic ulcer or H pylori infection/Hyper thyroid ism/ Digestive deficiency/ Live problem/ chronic infection / Diabetes / malibnancy.
Your fiance has diabetes & is on insulin injection once a day.He needs to get his diabetic profile checked to confirm good blood sugar control & probable complications of diabetes.( Less insulin dose is known to cause less sugar utilization for body activities .. which starts drawing body fat for making energy ... this causes weight loss.
In short a good diabetic control & excluding/ cofirming other probable causes by needful investigations followed by specific treatment is the answer to his health problem.
He needs a diabetologist/ physician's advise.
Thanks.


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What Causes Rapid Weight Loss Along With Fatigue And Nausea?

Hi, Thanks for the query. i understand your concern. Unintentional weight loss with fatigue needs to be investigated & treated specifically. The symptoms can arise from many causes- relevant ones being-Peptic ulcer or H pylori infection/Hyper thyroid ism/ Digestive deficiency/ Live problem/ chronic infection / Diabetes / malibnancy. Your fiance has diabetes & is on insulin injection once a day.He needs to get his diabetic profile checked to confirm good blood sugar control & probable complications of diabetes.( Less insulin dose is known to cause less sugar utilization for body activities .. which starts drawing body fat for making energy ... this causes weight loss. In short a good diabetic control & excluding/ cofirming other probable causes by needful investigations followed by specific treatment is the answer to his health problem. He needs a diabetologist/ physician s advise. Thanks.