My Grandpa has rapid weight loss?
July 30th, 2010
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A few months ago my family noticed that my Grandpa (which he is currently 77 years old.) is losing weight! Rapidly! Hes had a colonoscopy. Which came back fine. Hes had his blood work checked. It also came back fine. Hes had his blood pressure checked. Which was very high. But he has took some pills to lower it. His medicine isn’t supposed to cause rapid weight loss. His side of the family has a long history of cancer. Why is he losing weight so fast? Me and my Grandma recently took him to the Doctor he had lost 11 pounds in two weeks! What’s going on? Will he be okay? He also sits outside in the sun for hours. And he claims he hasn’t been eating as much. But he eats his daily meals. I’m worried! What’s wrong with him?
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2 Comments to “My Grandpa has rapid weight loss?”
i would tell u to talk to him n tell him to eat better and healthy so h can gain weight or tell him to go to the doctor so they can check f he does have cancer hope he dosent or maybe depression
He should get checked for cancer. Sometimes it won’t show up very well when the blood is checked.
Cancer can cause weight loss and lack of appetite.
Systemic cancer symptoms (from wikipedia):
*weight loss, poor appetite, fatigue and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such as thrombosis or hormonal changes.
Cachexia (pronounced /kəˈkɛksiə/) is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. Cachexia is often seen in end-stage cancer.
Also he could be diabetic, though that should’ve showed up in the blood work.
Type 1 diabetes can cause a rapid and significant weight loss.
This may be unpleasant to do, but have him eat something with alot of sugar (not too much though), then once he pees you should smell it. If it has a sweet or fruity smell (kind of like fruit loops) then he is diabetic.
It is best to keep the pee from being diluted by water so he shouldn’t drink too much when he does this ‘test’.
Although it is not necessary, if he pees in a bowl or something that will help the test be more accurate.
Reasons for why it wouldn’t appear in his bloodwork would be if he had drinken a lot of fluids and/or hadn’t consumed much sugar.
Depression can also cause weight loss, though it doesn’t sound like he’s depressed. Though some people are very good at hiding it, so I wouldn’t overlook it completely.