Anorexia Nervosa
This condition, common in anorexia patients, refers to the loss of bone mineral density, leading to an increased risk of fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
How you see your body with Anorexia Nervosa.
What is you think that you are overweight when you are severely underweight?
An eating disorder where someone starts to binge food and feels like they can't stop. Afterward, they try to get rid of the food or prevent weight gain in unhealthy ways, like trying to throw up, using laxatives, fasting, or exercising way too much aka purging.
What is bulimia?
The heart muscle can become damaged, and this vital function may slow down significantly in individuals with severe anorexia.
What is heart rate (or pulse)?
This psychological symptom is an intense focus or fixation on one's size and weight.
What is body image dissatisfaction (or distorted body image)?
This is the most serious potential cardiac consequence, which can be caused by electrolyte imbalances and result in death.
What is heart failure or cardiac arrest?
Your hair gets very stringy.
What is a symptom of Anorexia Nervosa?
The disorder is driven by a very intense fear of gaining weight and an obsessive focus on body shape and weight for self-worth.
What is the main driver of bulimia?
Anorexia can lead to an overall reduction in the size of the brain, a change that includes both gray and white matter volume loss.
What is brain damage (or brain volume loss/brain atrophy/shrinking of the brain)?
Both disorders are often accompanied by this co-occurring mental health condition.
What is depression or anxiety?
This painful gastrointestinal issue, a result of slowed digestion, is a common complaint among those with anorexia.
What is severe constipation?
Being very tired and weak.
What is a symptom of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia?
People with bulimia often experience strong feelings of shame, guilt, anxiety, and depression because they feel trapped and out of control by their actions and behaviors.
What is how does this disorder affects people’s emotions?
This fine, soft, downy hair may grow on the body to help keep a person warm due to a lack of insulating fat.
What is lanugo?
The use of this type of product, such as water pills or stool softeners, is a compensatory behavior found in both disorders' binge-purge subtypes.
What is laxative or diuretic misuse?
Anorexia nervosa has the highest death rate of any mental health disorder, with the second leading cause of death being this.
What is suicide?
Having constant stomach aches.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
This substance, which is exposed to the teeth during purging, is responsible for dissolving the protective enamel (this is the layer that protects your teeth) and causes dental erosion.
What is stomach acid?
Chronic purging can lead to an imbalance in essential bodily chemicals, such as potassium, which can cause this serious medical complication.
What are electrolyte imbalances?
This is the intense, overarching emotional state that drives restrictive and compensatory behaviors in both conditions.
What is an intense fear of gaining weight?
This life-threatening condition can occur when severe dehydration and malnutrition cause multiple essential internal functions to cease working properly.
What is multi-organ failure?
Dental erosion and bad breath.
What is Bulima?
The dangerous result of losing vital minerals like potassium from purging, which can harm the heart.
What is electrolyte imbalance?
Unlike anorexia, individuals with bulimia nervosa typically maintain a body weight in this range.
What is a normal or average weight range?
Both disorders can lead to an imbalance of these critical substances in the body, which can cause serious heart issues.
What are electrolyte imbalances?