Loss of Appetite
The pain that acid reflux causes can cause people to lose their appetite. If eating is painful, then it discourages eating. If a person starts eating less, then this can be a sign of various gastrointestinal conditions. GERD is only one example. Any sickness can affect appetite since it is the desire to eat. Hormone and body changes can affect this desire, ensuring a person does not want to eat. Usually, when a body returns to normal, appetite will return. So if a person doesn’t feel like eating for no visible reason and the desire to eat doesn’t return, something is wrong with them.
Consulting with a doctor is the best option since they can investigate a person’s condition in-depth and give advice to handle the loss of appetite. The doctor’s visit will also usually involve an internal scan. It is either an endoscopy, which looks at the upper part of the digestive tract or a colonoscopy, which looks at the other half. While invasive, it will allow doctors to see potential reasons for losing appetite.
