10 Intestinal Blockage Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #5: Anorexia
Anorexia, or loss of appetite, is a common symptom that can be seen in infections, cancers, anxiety, appendicitis, chronic kidney disease, dehydration, dementia, fever, mental disorders, and pancreatitis. In infection, anorexia has been thought to be due to part of the acute phase response, which is triggered by structures from bacterial cell walls such as peptidoglycans and lipopolysaccharides, viral glycoproteins, bacterial DNA, and double-stranded viral RNA.
In intestinal blockage, anorexia may be attributed to abdominal distension that compresses intraabdominal structures such as the stomach. It may also suggest the possibility of underlying tumors causing intestinal blockage.
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