Refusing food that we like to eat sometimes, can have many causes. Most often it is associated with nausea, abdominal pain, eg. A feeling of fullness, bloating, or loss of appetite and nausea. Such discomfort is momentary character after a “challenging” food and general condition and appetite will soon be adjusted. When similar symptoms may also be the manifestation of intolerance (allergy), some food components that now because we stopped eating.

Refusing food can be a sign of disease in young children and infants who can not yet tell what is actually hurts. Most often these are already mentioned abdominal pain, but can also be a symptom of inflammation of the meninges.

Rather an unusual denial of food or milk go with your child to the doctor!

Food we also deny tooth pain, inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, aftech or other affections of the oral cavity, which are irritated especially spicy food, hard food ingredients (nuts, popcorn, …) or chemical substances contained in some fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, kiwi, oranges, …).

serious illness

But there are situations where a person refuses food from more serious reasons such as: the kinds of cancer (not just the digestive system) reduces appetite, painful or difficult swallowing (see. Flag painful and non-painful swallowing), eg., Cancer of the esophagus and inflammation of the upper digestive tract (tonsillitis but also for sore throat). Also, pain after eating gastric ulcers or chronic inflammation of the pancreas causes the patient stops eating and having a food concerns. Can significantly (up unhealthy) lose weight and generally suffer. Therefore, when prolonged refusal to eat, consult your doctor!