HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anorexia Nervosa, Abdominal Pain, Eating Disorder
8 Feb 2020
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Usually described as severe disturbance in eating behaviour that result from sufferer"s obsessive fear about gaining weight. Some prefer dieting disorder", because it usually incorporates an obsession to lose weight. A new category in the dsm-5: bind eating disorder- challenges this approach: little to do with the idea of trying to lose weight. Extreme emaciation (refusal to maintain 85% of normal" weight) Disturbed perception of body, undue influence of body weight and share in self- evaluation. Pride in success: the person feels good about themselves because they have mastered the basic need to humans. Food (its avoidance) central to everyday life. Amenorrhea > removed from dsm-5: need to stop menstruating for diagnosis, least controversial change, dropped for good reason as females denied treatment. Health problems related to weight loss (abdominal pain, intolerance to cold lethargy) Other difficulties include: dry/cracked skin, fin hair on face and body, anaemia, infertility, impaired kidney functioning, cardiovascular difficulties.
