Anorexia (symptom)
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Complete Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Anorexia (alphabetical):
- Aciclovir
- Acute appendicitis
- Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
- Acute radiation syndrome
- Acute viral nasopharyngitis (common cold)
- AIDS
- Altitude
- Amenorrhea
- Amphetamine
- Amphotericin B
- Amylin
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antidepressants
- Appendicitis
- Asexuality
- Astroviridae
- Atypical pneumonia
- Benzodiazepine
- Benzylpiperazine
- Binge eating
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia
- Cachexia
- Calcitriol
- Cancer
- Carotenodermia
- Chagas disease
- Chromotherapy
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronic mountain sickness
- Chronic renal failure
- Clinical depression
- Cocaine
- Colorectal cancer
- Community-acquired pneumonia
- Congestive heart failure
- Craniopharyngioma
- Crohn's Disease
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- Cytauxzoonosis
- Defensive vomiting
- Dementia
- Depression
- Dextromethamphetamine
- Dextromethylphenidate
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Diacetylmorphine
- Dioxin
- Dysphagia
- Encephalitis
- Enfuvirtide
- Fatigue (medical)
- Feline calicivirus
- Fluconazole
- Gentiana lutea
- Gold salts
- Hangover
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis E
- Hoose (disease)
- Hormonal therapy (oncology)
- Hydralazine
- Hymenolepiasis
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypervitaminosis D
- Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
- Ketorolac
- Lábrea fever
- Lanugo
- Leptoprin
- List of psychology topics
- Loss of appetite
- Marbofloxacin
- Marijuana
- Mastoiditis
- Medical cannabis
- Medicare Part D
- Methylphenidate
- Milk-alkali syndrome
- Mirtazapine
- Modafinil
- Moxifloxacin
- Mumps
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Opioid dependency
- Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
- Oropouche fever
- Orthorexia nervosa
- Panic disorder
- Phenethylamine
- Physical exercise
- Pipradrol
- Pneumonia
- Polyphagia
- Pott's disease
- Prodrome
- Pyrazinamide
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Relapsing fever
- Retinoid
- Rhinovirus
- SCAN
- Sickness behavior
- Sporotrichosis
- St John's wort
- Starvation
- Stimulants
- Suicide
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
- Susto
- Taura syndrome
- Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Theobromine
- Tyzzer's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Valaciclovir
- Visceral gout
- Vitamin A
- Ziconotide
References
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