I thought I was perfectly healthy until I went to the doctor and I had an abnormal EKG. I went right from there to treatment. I suggested a doctor visit. XO

There are so many signs of being malnourished, and a person doesn't even have to be underweight to be malnourished.

Veins often pop out when you've lost too much subcutaneous fat, but being dehydrated can have the same effect.

Are your hair & nails kind of dry & flaky, or are you finding clumps of your hair all over the place? Bruising easily? Yes. Are you exhausted and irritable alot of the time and having troubles thinking clearly? How 'bout the regularity of your monthy cycle?

Blood tests and urinalysis can show alot too. "Google" would probably be a good place to check if you don't want to go to the doctor at this time. Hope this helps!

There are many signs. The best way is to head to your doctor for blood tests, EKG, and a general physical.

I am suppose to be having one soon...at a hospital...but I want to know signs so I am not surprised

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Just wanted to say that Slimpics is write on the money in saying that you don't have to be underweight to be malnourished. I'm fairly sure over half the population of the US is malnourished according to WHO standards, and many of them will be clinically overweight or obese too.

I'm prepared to admit I was probably malnourished at one point. The signs for me were unrelenting fatigue, being frighteningly pale, low blood pressure, thinning hair and dry skin (I normally have normal to oily skin, so this was strange for me). i was moody and depressed all the time, got ill every few weeks and even the slightest infection sent me straight to bed, my blood tests were all over the place and I blacked out more times than I've had hot dinners (I'm 20 and my mother insisted I have at least one hot meal a day, do the maths).

You might not want to be surprised by the results, but sometimes a short sharp shock does the trick...

... and bruising easily was something i suffered from too. I looked like a battered housewife a lot of the time and the bruises took forever to heal. I reckon it's because your body isn't strong enough to heal itself or construct strong enough capillary walls, so you bleed more easily. I also had bleeding gums. Not pretty.

All the best.

im willing to bet that the fact that u r even asking this question means that YES u r malnourished....and that u should perhaps look into getting urself a dietician to work with