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What Causes Rapid Weight Loss While Having Lung Infection?
I have a friend been ill for almost a year the doctors can t seem to find whats wrong with me. what ever she have I m losing weight rapidly and its attacking my lungs and heart. She had a lung biopsy to see if its cancer but it came back inclusive. She had all kinds of tests ran on her. Scleroderma, MS, etc.
Mon, 6 Jan 2020
Hello,
Malignancy ( cancer) is a cause for unexplained weight loss. We can for the biopsy report to check whether it is malignant or not. As of now include more protein-rich foods in the diet to gain weight.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician
Malignancy ( cancer) is a cause for unexplained weight loss. We can for the biopsy report to check whether it is malignant or not. As of now include more protein-rich foods in the diet to gain weight.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician
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