NOUN
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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.