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What Causes Sudden Drastic Weight Loss?

hello. Im an overweight 18 year old female..iv always been bigger all my life. My highest weight was 247 but iv lost alot of weight for no reason..im down to 223 after a week. Im worried because I havnt tried to lose weight I just dropping it like crazy. Have any ideas what this could be??
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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Hi there,

Thanks for writing in.

I would advise you to get certain blood investigations done as thyroid disorders, abnormalities in blood glucose metabolism, malignancies etc can all cause unexplained weight loss.

Please do visit a physician to evaluate the cause of unexplained weight loss.
Regards,
Dr. Divya Kuttikrishnan
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What Causes Sudden Drastic Weight Loss?

Hi there, Thanks for writing in. I would advise you to get certain blood investigations done as thyroid disorders, abnormalities in blood glucose metabolism, malignancies etc can all cause unexplained weight loss. Please do visit a physician to evaluate the cause of unexplained weight loss. Regards, Dr. Divya Kuttikrishnan