Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders Flashcards
are these patients inpatient
yes but normally not for these diagnoses alone
3 main eating diagnoses
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa
binge eating disorder
anorexia nervosa
- intense fear of
gaining weight
anorexia nervosa
- weight
underweight
anorexia nervosa
- experience significant differences in
sensation of taste
appetite
satiety
anorexia nervosa
- maladaptive behaviors
restriction and purging
purging
this is a type of compensatory behavior
ex: self induced vomiting, excessive exercise, laxative use, enemas, diutretics, stimulants, thyroid medications
anorexia nervosa
- two types
restricting
binge eating/purging
anorexia nervosa
- restricting type
NOT engaged in recurrent episode of binge eating or purging behavior
anorexia nervosa
- binge eating/purging
engaged in recurrent episodes or binge eating or purging behavior
anorexia nervosa
- begins when
adolescence or young adult
anorexia nervosa
- cognitive factors
learned behavior with positive reinforcement, defense against ineffectiveness and powerlessness
ex: comments about weight loss, surrounded weight loss from mother or father
anorexia nervosa
- amenorrhea
loss of mental cycle
anorexia nervosa
- body dismorphia?
yes
anorexia nervosa
- lab testing
Na, pre albumin, albumin, iron,
anorexia nervosa
- lack of albumin causes what
edema
anorexia nervosa
- hypercarotenemia
increase carotene in blood (high vit c)
body not flushing vitamins so it builds up in tissues
anorexia nervosa
- lanugo
fine body hair
anorexia nervosa
- nursing diagnoses
more based on medically stable
ex: imblanaced nutrition, decreased cardiac output, electrolyte/fluid imbalance
anorexia nervosa
- referring syndrome
lethal complications may result in
fluid balance abnormalities
abnormal glucose metabolism
hypophosphatemia
hypomagnesium
hypokalemia
thiamine deficiency
body cannot handle workload of increase food
anorexia nervosa
- avoid referring syndrome
reintroduction of nutrients slowly to avoid this
anorexia nervosa
- commonn traits
perfectionism
obsessive thoughts
treatment for this is very or not very specialized
yes it is very