All of of this is seen in anorexia nervosa except

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  1. Osteoporosis
  2. Myocardial hypertrophy
  3. Electrolyte imbalance 
  4. Menorrhagia

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Concept:

  • Anorexia nervosa: it is an eating disorder occurs most often in adolescent girls.
  • The problem is found as refusal of food to maintain normal body weight by reducing food intake, especially fats and carbohydrates.
  • Sign and symptoms:
    • Extreme weight loss or not making expected developmental weight gains.
    • Thin appearance.
    • Abnormal blood counts.
    • Fatigue.
    • Insomnia.
    • Dizziness or fainting.
    • Bluish discoloration of the fingers.

Explanation:

  • Complication in anorexia nervosa:

Osteoporosis: A condition in which bones become weak and brittle.

  • The body constantly absorbs and replaces bone tissue. With osteoporosis, new bone creation doesn't keep up with old bone removal.
  • Many people have no symptoms until they have a bone fracture.

Myocardial hypertrophy:

  • Myocardial hypertrophy is defined as an increase in ventricular myocardial mass.
  • In clinical practice and in animal studies, left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) is often assessed by measurement of end-diastolic thickness of septal and LV posterior wall and may be associated with normal or dilated LV cavity.

Electrolyte imbalance:

  • It occurs when you have too much or not enough of certain minerals in your body.
  • This imbalance may be a sign of a problem like kidney disease.

Additional Information 

  • Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder where the person will have binge eating
  • Pica: Eating disorder where the child eats non nutritive substances
  • Geophagia : Eating mud
  • Trichophagia : Eating hair
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