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What is natural treatment for body weight loss & hair loss?
(Last Updated: Jun 26, 2008)
Any successful treatment, whether natural or otherwise, needs to address the cause of a disease, and not the symptoms. Weight loss and hair loss are only symptoms of some underlying health condition, and in order to stop and reverse them, you need to determine what the condition is, and then treat it. There are some very serious diseases that can cause rapid weight loss and hair loss, so it is always best to discuss such problems with a doctor, especially if you haven't noticed any other symptoms. You have not mentioned any additional symptoms or other health problems that may be related to your hair loss and weight loss, so I assume that you haven't noticed any.
Two serious problems that can display the symptoms you have mentioned are hyperthyroidism and cancer. Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces an excess of the thyroid hormone, speeding up the metabolic processes in the body. Common symptoms include weight loss, hair loss, weakness, anxiety, sensitivity to heat, hyperactivity, breathlessness, and sometimes also palpitations. Cancer, as you probably know, can also cause rapid hair loss and weight loss, and if your doctor suspects this may be the case, he or she will ask you to run some tests.
answered by G M
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