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Crohn's disease

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Diabetes insipidus

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Drug addiction (substance use disorder)

Dysphagia

Esophageal cancer

Ewing sarcoma

Fibromuscular dysplasia

Floor of the mouth cancer

Gallbladder cancer

Gastroparesis

Giant cell arteritis

Giardia infection (giardiasis)

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Graves' disease

Hairy cell leukemia

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection

Histoplasmosis

HIV/AIDS

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Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)

Hypopituitarism

Intestinal ischemia

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Mesothelioma

Multiple myeloma

Neuroblastoma

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Norovirus infection

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatitis

Peptic ulcer

Pheochromocytoma

Pituitary tumors

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Prescription drug abuse

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Pulmonary fibrosis

Pyloric stenosis

Rectal cancer

Recurrent breast cancer

Rheumatoid arthritis

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Sheehan's syndrome

Stomach cancer

Takayasu's arteritis

Tapeworm infection

Teen depression

Throat cancer

Thyroid nodules

Toxic hepatitis

Tuberculosis

Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes in children

Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes in children

Typhoid fever

Ulcerative colitis

Valley fever

Vasculitis

Vitamin deficiency anemia

Whipple's disease

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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  3. Addison's disease
  4. Adjuvant therapy for cancer
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  9. Angina
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  24. Bile reflux
  25. Binge-eating disorder
  26. Biopsy procedures
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  29. Blood sugar levels can fluctuate for many reasons
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  52. Carcinoid tumors
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  56. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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  58. Churg-Strauss syndrome
  59. Cirrhosis
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  63. Colon cancer
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