Eating Disorders

Question 1

What BMI is ‘anorexic’?

Answer 1

Less than 17.5

Question 2

What complications can occur in anorexia?

Answer 2

Low K, high cholesterol, high glucose, high urea and creatinine, low albumin, low Cl, low Mg, low phosphate, high cortisol, high GH, low sex hormones, low T3and4
Enlarged salivary glands
Low blood pressure, bradycardia, arrhythmias
Amenorrhoea

Question 3

How does the thought process of anorexia compare to bulimia?

Answer 3

Bulimia patients crave food, unlike in anorexia

Anorexia patients have a fear of gaining weight, bulimia patients have a self perception of being too fat

Question 4

What are some non purging compensatory mechanism that can be seen in bulimia?

Answer 4

Excessive exercise
Diuretics
Fasting

Question 5

What are some complications of bulimia?

Answer 5

Russell signs (calluses of hand from repeated vomiting)
Dental erosion
Mallory Weiss tear
Parotid gland swelling
Dehydration
Renal stones
Irregular menses
Arrhythmias