Problems with constant hunger

Hi, I have a problem regarding my appetite: in the last month or two it has doubled and I can't seem to have enough of food, the more I eat the hunger gets bigger but the strangest thing is that I hardly gained any weight, but quite the opposite I seem to have lost few pounds. I'm also very thirsty and I urinate quite frequently – maybe that’s the reason for the loss of weight? Any advice on the matter would be appreciated, thanks.

Well there are many reasons for the increase of the appetite, just to name a few: recent stress, depression, hormonal disbalance, changes in your digestive system etc. however, the symptoms you have described lead me to think of another serious condition – diabetes. Diabetes is a well known disease caused by the lack of hormone insulin which controls glucose levels in your blood – it is responsible for taking the glucose out of the blood into the cells, if there is a lack of insulin most of the glucose stays in the bloodstream and cells individual cells remain hungry. Extra glucose in your blood induces increased urination and loss of water. The fact that you eat a lot and that you urinate maybe because of the lack of glucose in your cells, the body tries to make up for that by increasing the food intake. I definitely think that you should consult your doctor about this problem and have him do a blood test to determine the levels of glucose in your blood. Good luck.

Sir,

My father who is above 60 years of age and always feel hungry. He eats alot but still feel hungry. His weight has gone upto 85 kilograms. Due to much weight with weak knee muscles, he is suffering from knee pain and could not walk much.

Recently I have read somewhere in a local news website, that one of the causes of hunger is abnormal production of a hormone in the stomach which makes the person feel hungry.

Could you kindly advise as what should be done to eat less. Is there any medicine which could remove hungerness in a person?

Best Regards,
Karar Haider
GulfeSolutions.com

I'm looking into this as well. I've had this problem for some time and I recenty saw a CSI episode involving an eating competition. One of the people mentioned a disease where an individual has a constant hunger due to a physical default that blocks the message to the brain that the stomache is full. I'm trying to find out the name but I've yet to find it.

Prader Willi Syndrome

In the last few months my hunger has tripled I eat and eat and eat and I dont get full I just cant get enough of food and strangly enough I havent been ganing weight if anything I've been loosing weight i'm fourteen and only weigh 95 pounds why won't it stop!!!

Yes I have had this same exact problem I eat and get full, but like 30 minutes later i'm just like STARVING!

I wonder...have any of you ever had an eating disorder in the past? Because I did but overcame it this summer... I thought that might have something to do with what I am experiencing...

if you're constantly hungry, eating all the time, and actually losing weight you might have a condition known as hyperthyroidism. You should research it and see if you have any of the other symptoms of this disorder. I hope that's helpful!

If you're 15 and constantly hungry but not gaining weight...

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...you're GROWING! Hello, you're a teenager! Totally normal. Your body needs more energy to do the growing it needs so you're more hungry as a result. Don't worry, you're fine.