Symptom: Weight gain
Weight gain:
Gain of body weight.
Introduction:
Gain in body weight can indicate various medical or psychological conditions
or can arise socially from simple overeating.
Obesity can arise independently or may be caused by an underlying condition.
Any unexplained weight gain needs prompt professional medical advice.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Weight gain:
Possible causes of symptom: Weight gain (73
conditions)
Medications or substances causing symptom: Weight gain (29
listings)
Medical conditions causing symptom: Weight gain (29 conditions)
Medical conditions causing complication: Weight gain (8 conditions)
Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:
Types of Weight gain:
obesity (29)
Symptoms related to Weight gain: weight loss (120), poor growth (51), overeating (10), undereating (11), appetite changes (116)
Weight gain type of: Common symptoms (662), Body symptoms (150), Weight symptoms (132), Obesity (29)
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Possible causes of symptom: Weight gain:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Weight gain as a symptom.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Various simple reasons for weight gain include:
- Eating more
- Overeating
- Pregnancy
- Normal growing infant
- Normal growing child
- Normal growing adolescent
- Appetite changes
- High-fat diet
- High-carbohydrate diet
- Excessive snacking
- Reduced exercise level
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Lifestyle changes leading to increased eating or reduced activity
- Quitting smoking
- Slowing of metabolism with aging
- Reaction to prior dieting
- Comfort eating
- Depressive disorders - some people eat more with depression or depressive disorders (some people eat less and lose weight instead).
- Depression
- Compulsive eating
- Water retention - Your body may be retaining fluid rather than true weight gain.
- Certain diseases may lead to weight gain including:
- Certain psychological disorder may lead to weight gain:
- Comfort eating
- Anxiety-triggered eating
- Depression-related eating
- Reactive hyperphagia
- Brain disorder causing increased eating (hyperphagia) include:
- Certain drugs
- See also causes of obesity and causes of excessive hunger
Medications or substances causing Weight gain:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Weight gain as a symptom.
This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances
may cause your symptoms.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
Conditions listing symptoms: Weight gain:
The following list of conditions
have 'Weight gain' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Autoimmune thyroid diseases
... weight gainB
Binge eating disorder
... obesity, overweightBipolar disorder
... weight gainC
Cancer
... Unexplained weight gainCongestive Heart Failure
... weight gainCushing's syndrome
... extreme weight gain, upper body obesityD
Depression
... weight gainDepressive disorders
... weight gainDiabetes
... Weight gainDilated cardiomyopathy
... abnormal weight gainDysthymia
... weight gainE
Eating disorders
... Obesity, Weight gainEclampsia
... weight gainH
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
... weight gainHeart failure
... abnormal weight gainHyperthyroidism
... weight gainK
Klinefelter syndrome
... rounded body type, overweightL
Lupus nephritis
... weight gainM
Masculinisation
... weight gainMcCune-Albright Syndrome
... weight gainMenopause
... Weight gainMetabolic Syndrome
... Obesity, abdominal obesityMyxedema
... weight gainO
Ovarian Cancer
... weight gainP
Polycystic ovary syndrome
... obesity, weight gainPostpartum depression
... weight gainPremenstrual syndrome
... weight gainT
Thyroid disorders
... weight gainType 2 diabetes
... Weight gain
Conditions listing complications: Weight gain:
The following list of conditions
have 'Weight gain' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
... Weight gainB
Binge eating disorder
... obesity, overweightC
Crohn's disease
... Weight gainCushing's syndrome
... obesityD
Disordered Eating
... weight gainM
Metabolic Syndrome
... ObesityP
Physical inactivity
... obesity, overweightPolycystic ovary syndrome
... obesity, overweight
Last revised:
July 10, 2004
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