cachexia

NOUN
  1. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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How To Use cachexia In A Sentence

  • The dominant symptoms were crampy postprandial pain, sitophobia, changes in bowel habits and cachexia. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The patient's general appearance should be assessed for evidence of resting dyspnea, cyanosis and cachexia.
  • The patient's general appearance should be assessed for evidence of resting dyspnea, cyanosis and cachexia.
  • However, he developed progressive cachexia, withdrew from hemodialysis and subsequently died.
  • [1] By cachexia is understood a condition of malnutrition and emaciation which is usually accompanied by a pale sallow color of the skin. Disease and Its Causes
  • Signs of immunocompromise may include cachexia or oral candidiasis.
  • About half of all cancer patients eventually suffer serious weight loss and malnutrition, a wasting syndrome called cachexia where they don't just lose excess fat but vital muscle. News from www.pantagraph.com
  • Clinical study on the treatment of tumor cachexia with composite Shougong Powder.
  • This age discrepancy occurred despite a lower prevalence of arteriosclerosis, cachexia, and hepatitis B in women and no significant differences in the frequencies of other infectious diseases.
  • Anorexia and cachexia caused by wasting syndromes are best managed with patient and family education, as well as a possible trial of appetite stimulants such as megestrol or dexamethasone.
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