# Severe unintentional weight loss

**URL:** <https://community.patient.info/t/severe-unintentional-weight-loss/795575>\
**Category:** Signs and symptoms\
**Tags:** Weight loss and gain - unintentional\
**Created:** [20 January 2023 03:01 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-unintentional-weight-loss/795575 "2023-01-20T03:01:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1453315](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/74df32/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1453315](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1453315)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2023 03:01 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-unintentional-weight-loss/795575/1 "2023-01-20T03:01:06Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been losing weight constantly since 4 years. it is gradual. i was 165lbs in 2018 and since then i have been losing around a lb every month. I’m at 115lbs . i started having food sensitivity in 2018. it was with spicy food at first but now I’m not able to tolerate most food. i had endoscopy and colonoscopy done. both normal except eosinophilic esophagitis. i developed peripheral neuropathy 2 years ago. i feel very weak and fatigue. I’m eating enough calories still keep losing weight. I’m constantly hungry. i get hungry about an hr after large meal. liver, kidney, CBC, all tests normal. been to 3 GI specialists but they don’t seem to be concerned about weight loss. anyone has any idea?

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**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1453315](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/74df32/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1453315](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1453315)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2023 20:28 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-unintentional-weight-loss/795575/2 "2023-01-21T20:28:11Z")

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anyone?

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**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1465499](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1465499](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1465499)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2024 17:38 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/severe-unintentional-weight-loss/795575/3 "2024-01-11T17:38:37Z")

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Hi doc16482, hope you are doing better its been 11 months since your post. Just wanted to mention that years back I had similar symptoms, was constantly hungry, exhausted, even though I was eating often and a lot. My GP checked my blood sugar levels (fasting and after having a meal), which were normal.

Unfortunately, he missed the fact that I was hyperthyroid. The consequences were weight loss, and episodes of fatigue, muscle weakness and muscle pain. Years later I was finally diagnosed and treated for Graves’ disease.

Chances are that your doctors have already done a thyroid function test, but in my case, I was young and healthy looking and the obvious thyroid disorder was missed.