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Causes of weight loss despite eating like pig (fast food, mini muffins, sugared bevs)? normal cbc. low-end salivary cortisol. other sx are fatigue, sleep issues, and excessive urination. more likely adrenal failure or cancer, and what kind?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Weight loss but eat: 29 male losing wt despite eating like a pig & peeling a lot. Notes more likely adrenal failure or CA and what kind? Neither would be my first guess Because u like to do self diagnosis 1st recommendation is to taste your urine to see if it is sweet. If so U have have diabetes. U may prefer to check blood glucose. Consider: Diarrhea, Malabsorb, Thyrotoxic, HIVAIDS, TBC, Addison's very rare.

Answered 1/13/2019

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Dr. Yun Tran answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Rule out diabetes: And not diabetic? Doubt cancer. And why would you have adrenal failure out of the blue? Not a chronic steroid user, are you? Or had recent infection? Sounds like you need to see an endocrine if your PCP can‘t figure it out. Could be an autoimmune thing, too.

Answered 3/2/2016

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