Nerdy Science Blog

As explained in wikipedia, cachexia is “loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight.”  This condition accompanies with severe diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and autoimmune disorders.  A group of physicians and scientists had recently published cachexia definition in December issue of the Clinical Nutrition.  This can be an important guideline to diagnose the cachexia in patients.  John Morley, an endocrinologist at Saint Louis University School of Medicine said that weight loss is an important indicator of diseases and cachexia is a very serious problem which many physicians ignore.

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