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  2. World problems
  3. Loss of appetite

Loss of appetite

  • Decreased appetite
  • Lack of appetite

Incidence

In Chinese medicine, lack of appetite ususally signifies a stomach or spleen disharmony due to deficient qi or dampness.

Broader

Ill-defined health conditions
Presentable
Eating disorders
Presentable
Appetite changes
Unpresentable
Symptoms of digestive system diseases
Yet to rate

Narrower

Anorexia nervosa
Presentable

Aggravates

Underweight
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Viral hepatitis
Excellent
Hypothyroidism
Presentable
Gastritis
Presentable
Disharmonies of the Spleen in the body
Presentable
Constipation
Presentable
Caffeine abuse
Presentable
Patterns of Deficient Spleen Qi in the body
Unpresentable

Related

Disharmony of Dampness in the body
Presentable
Deficient Qi in the body
Presentable
Disharmonies of the Gall Bladder in the body
Unpresentable

Value

Loss
Yet to rate
Appetite
Yet to rate

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Health care » Mental health » Mental health
  • Health care » Nutrition
  • Psychology » Sensory
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G6559
    DOCID
    11765590
    D7NID
    133412
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020