Eating Disorders

Physical Effects of Eating Disorders

Skin

• Dryness
• Fine Rash
• Pimples
• Dehydration
• Reduced fluid intake Excessive fluid elimination
• Frequent vomiting
• Laxative abuse

Salivary Glands

• Swelling
• Pain
• Tenderness
• Possible Infection
• Frequent vomiting

Constipation

• Insufficient material
• Insufficient fluid
• Failure to take in or retain sufficient food and fluid

EDEMA

• Water retention
• Swelling and puffiness more frequently ankles and feet
• Electrolyte imbalance? Perhaps general systems problems
• Malnutrition
• Frequent vomiting
• Excessive laxatives or diuretics

Bloating

• Swelling over stomach or abdominal area
• Electrolyte imbalance?
• Time required for body system to adjust?
• Long periods of starvation and probable excessive vomiting, laxatives or diuretics

Abdominal Pain

• Peptides? Hunger pangs?
• Failure to identify hunger?
• Emotional attitudes?
• Insufficient Intake

Feeling of Fullness?Emptimess 

Fear?

• Emotional attitudes

Teeth

• Frequent caries
• Frequent caries plus erosion of enamel
• Inadequate diet
• Frequent vomiting or regurgitation. Diet limited to citrus fruits, abnormal carbohydrate intake

Amenhorrhea

• No menstrual period
• Inability to produce hormones
• Lack of body fat. Rigorous athletic training, emotional attitudes, sometimes gorging/purging