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r_c_dragon · 09-17-2001, 04:24 PM

Hi there everybody. I've been to many doctors and many test, but they all say/show that there is nothing wrong with me or they don't know what is wrong with me. My symptoms include:

-Hair loss (all body hair: whole head(so it's not male pattern baldness), eye brows, nose hair, facial hair, body hair(arms, armpits, legs, pubic),etc).

-Loss of appetite, especially during the morning. And I feel like vomiting whenever I eat a small amount of food(even though I might still be hungry).

-Dry mouth, lack of saliva.

-Fatigue, sometimes I feel I have no energy at all. My heart sometimes pounds really hard and fast for no reason.

-diarhea

-hot breath (the kind of breath you feel when you have a fever)

-small headaches

-lack of sweat(even when playing sports), but sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night I am quite sweaty.

-just a general feeling of sickness most of the time.

This has been going on for several years now. I don't know if all these symptoms are related or not, but if anyone can help, thank you.

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siouxzee · 09-17-2001, 10:15 PM

The most common causes of losing all the hair on your body is a hormone imbalance. Either:

thyroid disorder (hair loss occurs in both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism)

sex hormone imbalance

pituitary problem

Many of your other symptoms are also associated with these disorders. Sometimes its hard to diagnose which hormone/hormones are causing the problems. Your best bet is to see the best Endocrinologist in your area.

OLIVER-DOVE · 09-20-2001, 11:55 PM

I agree with all the above suggestion and also look into Illitis/colitius. Causes many of the above symptoms as well as loss of weight. No cure only have to learn how to live with it. it works in a way that you body is allergic to many foods. (for expample I am allergis to bread, fish, milk, corn and, green vegtables) I eat a lot of Red Meat and Potatoes. Each person reacts differntly. Uncontrolled it could cause body systems to shut down for no reason. Treatment is steriods or surgery to remove the diseased area of intestines. I learn to live with it and when a flare-up strikes I go directly to bed until is goes away. Usually goes away in 1 day or so.(sleep is the best help) When a major flare-up occurs you must go to the hospital to be refortified. The systems of you body are starving for nurishment.

Good Luck,

Oliver

karenortwein · 09-21-2001, 01:44 PM

Ask a doctor to run tests for non-tropical sprue--celiac sprue. You can go to [url="http://www.celiac.com"]http://www.celiac.com[/url] for more info. Try this if they don't find anything else.