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75 Year Old, Not Having Food, Not Feeling Any Taste, Losing Weight. Giving Iv Fluids.

Hello Dr,
My mother ( Pedama) at the age 75 years , having problem in take food and she not interested in food that taste not there.
Now Dr. are helping liquid through nose one pipe up to stomach.Self weight is reducing . All other function BP is control , No Sugar, Dr giving only Poybion B Complex , Sodium IV Fulids.
Any Advice
Regards
Eshwar
posted on Thu, 24 Oct 2013
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Hello,

Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.

I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.

It appears that your mother is having depression. If that gets treated then the appetite gets improved and the taste also improves. If she is not comfortable with medicines then there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy. It involves weekly sessions of 20 min duration in which the therapist will work on the abberant thoughts.

Hope I am able to answer your concerns.

If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.

In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:

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Wish you good health,

Kind regards

Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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75 Year Old, Not Having Food, Not Feeling Any Taste, Losing Weight. Giving Iv Fluids.

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. It appears that your mother is having depression. If that gets treated then the appetite gets improved and the taste also improves. If she is not comfortable with medicines then there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy. It involves weekly sessions of 20 min duration in which the therapist will work on the abberant thoughts. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.