Editing Cachexia (section)

==== Scoring systems for Cachexia ====
To better understand how bad cachexia is in each person, doctors now use scoring systems like the Cachexia Staging Score and Cachexia Score.<ref name="nishikawa-2021" />

The ''Cachexia Staging Score (CSS)'' looks at weight loss, muscle function, appetite loss, and lab test results to categorize people into four stages: non-cachexia, pre-cachexia, cachexia, and refractory cachexia.<ref name="dev-2019" /> Those in more advanced stages have less muscle mass, more frequent age-related muscle loss, worse symptoms, poorer quality of life, as well as shorter survival periods.<ref name="nishikawa-2021" />