Krill/Charlie - Any pronouns - 26 - Scotland. Procrastinator. Overthinker. Basically just a mess, might be following for a sideblog. Matching icons with Ry & Ly<3 Header art by my beloved, shookethdev <3
This is your periodic reminder that unexplained rapid weight loss is something that you should visit the doctor for. Rapid weight loss without a known, specific cause can be a sign that either something has gone wrong in your hormonal or digestive system, or that you are hosting something parasitic, such as a cancer or worm.
The rule of concern is usually more than 5% over six to 12 months. If you are a hundred pounds, losing five pounds in a year is a concern. If you are 200 pounds, losing ten pounds in a year is a concern. If you are 300 pounds, losing fifteen pounds in a year is a concern. If you are 400 pounds, losing twenty pounds in a year is a concern.
This is the main reason that I consider it important for people to be able to weigh themselves on occasion. 5% loss can be difficult to spot visually, but can pose a significant health concern. You do not have to weigh yourself often, but once every couple of months should help with catching problems like these early.
There is not an upper weight limit where significant, unexplained weight loss is not a concern. Do not allow it to be brushed off because you "can afford" to lose more. Many of the problems that cause unexplained weight loss will start to cause more problems the longer they continue, and may result in permanent damage to your body if untreated.
Never prioritize lowering your weight over your health and safety, and do not allow others to do so either.
every city should have a sewer district, where adventurers of all persuasions can go to play a high stakes game of chance, watch mutants fight, or simply hang out in a dripping pipe
General tumblr reminder, since some people don't know: If the person's URL has "deactivated" plus a string of numbers (a date) after it, that means that they manually deleted their own blog. It doesn't mean they were banned. Banned blogs don't have "deactivated" after them and will just be the normal URL you can't click on or interact with. They look very similar and function the same, but they were caused by two very different things.
I had a dream I was watching keeping up with the kardashians and Kylie had gotten cyborg legs like they had taken the legs of an AT-ST from Star Wars and put them on her lower half so she was like 11 feet tall and Kim was like “I think Kylie’s new legs are SO fun..”