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What Causes Excessive Weight Loss After Appendix Surgery?
Hi Doctor, I want to ask regarding my husband health. After having appendix surgery, he loss weight a lot. it s been 5 months after the operation and could not get back his previous weight. Now he is only 63 kg while before his weight was 75kg. He ate a lot and sleep normal. What do you think is the problem? Please help. Thank you
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
other cause of loosing weight like tuber cular infection must be ruled out. it can be TB intestine other causes are hypothyroidism be type 2diabetes
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