Could the sudden increase of appetite is a symptom of a dangerous illness?
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It can be a symptom of hyperthyroidism.  That's what happened to me.\n  I started being hungry all the time and was losing weight, I thought I had a tapeworm!\n  Either way, if it continues you should go to your doctor because it's not something you can handle on your own. Good Luck
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possible vomiting and/or diarrea
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There isn't just one reason.  Overeating, lack of excercise, poor self confidence, eating foods that are fattening, using food as a crutch, genetics or a medical concition (such as a thyroid problem or congestive heart failure).  Also, a lot of medications can cause drastic weight gain.
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Your body has been assaulted by some sort of a bug and needs time to heal.  I would not worry too much about lack of appetite, it should come back.  In the meantime, continue to drink plenty of fluids and when you do eat, make sure it is not empty calories, in other words, junk food.  If you don't feel better after the weekend, I would go see the doctor, you might have a secondary infection that needs to be dealt with.
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Yes, but what is the reason for over eating? You need to find what makes you over eat and use food as comfort to be able to get over this as well. \n\nHeart attacks, diabetes, strokes, hey is that enough cause there are heaps if that sounds great don't change. If you scares you there are many things you can do to change your lifestyle. \n\nI hope you make some good decisions as what you eat effects every part of your body now and later. Heard the saying, you are what you eat!
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YES!!\nDiagnostic Criteria\nRecurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following: \neating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances \na sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating) \nRecurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior in order to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise. \nThe binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least twice a week for 3 months. \nSelf-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight. \nThe disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of Anorexia Nervosa. \nSpecify type:\nPurging Type: during the current episode of Bulimia Nervosa, the person has regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas \nNonpurging Type: during the current episode of Bulimia Nervosa, the person has used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas \n \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDifferential Diagnosis\nAnorexia Nervosa; Binge-Eating/Purging Type; Kleine-Levin syndrome; Major Depressive Disorder, With Atypical Features; Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Jogging, cycling, stepping, walking fast.\nAvoid eating excessive oily foods, for example choice steamed instead of fried potatoes.\nEat simple food such as fruit,vegetables, no snacks, podridge, fish.\nGreedy in eating is the evil cause of gaining weight.
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Have you made any signifigant changes in your diet lately? That might have something to do with it.
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paranoia, excessive hunger, laziness, stinky breath and clothes, excessive thirst, weight gain due to excessive hunger, jail.
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Signs: increased blood pressure, excess body fat around waist and abdominal area, and/or elevated insulin levels.\n\nThreat: greatly increased chance of developing diabetes, heart disease and/or stroke\n\nCure: Exercise, quitting smoking, losing weight and changing diet. In all, it involves an aggressive lifestyle change.
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Any illness will elevate blood sugars. Illness = stress = cortisol = elevated glucose.
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i dont know if you are asking this about yourself or a friend...but either way i would be concerned about possible anorexia or bulimia...whether it is you or a friend...you should really see a doctor...
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There are a couple that I know of, and they are foodborne. The first woudl be Trichinomas. It comes from eating undercooked pork. It's symptoms are swelling around the eyes, muscle pain, and fever. Another would be a tapeworm. Its biggest symptom is rapid weight loss. Another is a parasite you can get from certain fish. It's really gross. It attaches to your esophogus and lays its eggs there. The host usually learns about it by coughing up the eggs. Nasty!
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it appears to be a serious problem.  seek immediate medical attention
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The rapid weight loss could have something to do with it.  Are you taking any supplements?  They could be a factor too.  The bottom line though, is that this is something you should be discussing with your doctor and not the Yahoo community.
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If you are talking about poison from insects, or snakes, it could be something like breathing problems, swelling that is occuring rapidly, paralysis, disorientation, dizzyness, blurred vision,etc.
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some people have said this but now its known that a sudden smell is a sensory perception problem due to a brain tumor..... also the "weird feelings" and fear feelings etc are associated with a brain tumor as well.......also a sudden bad taste in the mouth is from a brain tumor........when you look up brain tumor symptoms it will say, strange smells that no one else seems to be able to smell...........also know that many brain tumors are benign!!!!