People with eating disorders may be surprised to find that their muscles begin to atrophy. Atrophy is a wasting away of muscle and decrease in muscle mass due to the body feeding off of itself. Muscle atrophy results when the muscles waste away because there are a lack of adequate nutrients in the body to …
As the body is starved, the muscles are starved. The heart is a muscle, and consequently can begin to deteriorate, and heart failure becomes a very real risk. Low levels of sodium, zinc, potassium and calcium, can also cause abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmia. Kidney failure is also caused by dehydration because inadequate fluid flowing …
An estimated one-third of anorexic patients have mild anemia (low red blood cell count). Anemia makes the oxygen transporting units within the blood useless and can lead to fatigue, shortness of breath, increased infections, and heart palpitations. The type of anemia found in people with eating disorders is Vitamin Deficiency Anemia. It is also known …
Amenorrhea is simply a medical term defined as the absence of menses in a post-pubescent woman of reproductive age. Amenorrhea may be defined as either primary or secondary: in primary amenorrhea menses does not occur by the age of 16 in the presence of normal growth and secondary sexual characteristics while in secondary amenorrhea menstruation …
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