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Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
access to food • Anorexia ... • Small bowel disease ... Cholestatic liver disease
Schema for Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Weight Loss without Inflammation:
 • Decreased Intake: Food
Food Insecurity, Anorexia ... Dementia • Chronic Disease
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 • Hyperthecosis
 • Tumor
Adrenal
Obesity • Liver Disease ... Hypothyroidism • Anorexia
Causes of Increased Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)
Increased serum amylase is not always due to pancreatitis. Here are some
Surgery, Biliary disease ... Renal failure, Anorexia
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Hereditary: - Menkes disease ... Inadequate Intake: - Anorexic ... inflammatory bowel disease ... colitis, Crohn's disease
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
deficiency: • Anorexia ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Acute Chagas Disease ... Malaise, fever and anorexia ... Chronic Chagas Disease ... • "Determinate Disease
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
• Cushing's Disease ... Transplant Chronic Disease ... Bulimia Nervosa • Anorexia
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
depression - Anorexia ... Autoimmune thyroid disease
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Structural: Celiac disease ... Inadequate intake: Anorexia