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What Causes Rapid Weight Gain In A Teenager?
My 20 year old daughter is gaining an average of 10 pounds per month for the last 10 months. On her 19th birthday she weighed 98 lbs and she is 5 1 we just celebrated her 20th birthday and she now weighs over 186 lbs. I have taken her to our family GP and they tested her thyroid and the results came back normal. Where should we go next
Wed, 28 Oct 2015
thyroid hormone essay is to be done. other aspect are juvenile diabetes and over eating with less exercise.all this aspect are to be scrutinized. if detected they can be treated. keep her under observation and could consult endocrinologist.
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