What department should I go to if I am thin

For the body, a stable state is a healthy state. Sudden weight gain or weight loss are possible signs of physical disease and must be taken seriously. Don't be complacent just because you lose weight, and don't be depressed just because you gain weight. Finding the root cause is the key. So what department should you go to if you are thin? In theory, it should be analyzed based on the condition of the disease. This article introduces it in detail.

There are many reasons for weight loss. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired constitution". Weight loss is caused by acquired spleen and stomach deficiency. There are many diseases caused by weak spleen and stomach. In Western medicine, it is caused by endocrine dysfunction, malignant diseases (especially wasting diseases, such as tuberculosis), digestive system diseases such as chronic gastritis, gastroptosis, gastric ulcer, and even chronic colitis can cause weight loss; blood system diseases are also a kind of disease that causes weight loss, such as anemia, especially aplastic anemia, and leukemia are also the causes of weight loss; therefore, it is difficult to tell which department to go to for a case of weight loss, and generally the specific department is divided according to the accompanying symptoms.

1. From a pathological point of view, digestive system diseases, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hepatitis, kidney disease and many other diseases can cause weight loss; long-term illness and physical weakness, malnutrition can also cause weight loss.

2. Constitution and genetic factors. Some people who are thin do not have any diseases found in the hospital for examination. They can work normally on weekdays and have no physical discomfort. The thinness of these people may be related to constitution and genetic factors. For example, if the parents are thin, most of their children will be thin.

3. Factors of life style and eating habits: A large proportion of people who are thin have unscientific eating and living habits. Insufficient food intake, unreasonable diet, irregular meals, high pressure from study and work, anxiety, mental stress, excessive fatigue, poor sleep, etc. can all lead to weight loss.

Internal Medicine Department: For young and middle-aged patients with emaciation and long-term fever, the possibility of hyperthyroidism or tuberculosis should be considered, and they should go to the internal medicine department for the first consultation. Endocrinology Department: For adults with emaciation, accompanied by polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, or emaciation with palpitations, sweating, irritability, hand tremors, hyperphagia, and emaciation with anorexia and obvious darkening of the skin and mucous membranes, the possibility of diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and Addison's disease should be considered, and they should go to the endocrinology department for treatment. Digestive Medicine Department: For patients with emaciation and loss of appetite, difficulty eating or swallowing, acid reflux, abdominal distension, and long-term diarrhea, they should go to the gastroenterology department.