10 Symptoms of Cervical Cancer
Symptom #4: Loss of Appetite
Loss of appetite or anorexia can be both harmless or serious. Appetite loss during an infection is believed to be part of the acute phase response. It may be triggered by components of foreign pathogens such as peptidoglycans or lipopolysaccharides of bacterial cell walls, double stranded DNA, viral glycoproteins, and bacterial DNA resulting in the production of proinflammatory cytokines.
It can be seen in many conditions such as anxiety, pneumonia, celiac disease, cancer, chronic pain, dementia, hypothyroidism, and more. Prolonged loss of appetite can result in weight loss.
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