A member asked:

Can being underweight make you have constant neck, shoulder and back pain? and also insomnia? i dread nighttime cos it takes me 3-4hrs to get to sleep.

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

NO: Underweight should not cause those problems. There is something else wrong and you need a doc to evaluate you thoroughly.

Answered 9/27/2013

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not by itself: However, the cause of your underweight may underlie all your other symptoms. Depression can cause lack of appetite and insomnia -- and many depressed people have generalized aches and pains. Please get a full health workup with your physician, and get to the bottom of all this. Help is available -- if depression, there are good treatments. Be well.

Answered 9/29/2020

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