Appetite Loss: Reasons & Treatment

Healthy appetite not without reason is considered a sign of good health, however even small physical or emotional problems can affect appetite and as a whole on a health of Americans. The reasons of loss of appetite can be the most different: from problems with digestive system to serious diseases.

The reasons of loss of appetite:

• Pneumonia, hepatitis, HIV, infections of kidneys, a flu;
• Serious diseases of a liver and cardiovascular system;
• Separate kinds of a cancer — a blood cancer, a cancer of a thick gut, a stomach cancer;
• Inflammation of intestines, the digestive channel;
• Endocrine problems, diabetes, low level of a hormone of a thyroid gland;
• Mental frustration: depression, a schizophrenia, a nervous anorexia;
• Certain medical preparations, antibiotics, chemotherapy, medicines for a diabetes;
• Pregnancy.

Besides above-named, there is also a set of other reasons of loss of appetite.
Appetite loss can cause and some bad habits: for example, the use of sweets or the nonalcoholic sweetened drinks between dishes. On occasion appetite loss can be caused the excessive use of the "heavy dishes" rich with sated fats.