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Eating disorders can be very life-threatening. Roughly 10% - 15% of all people wth an eating disorder will die directly as a result of that disorder. Some dangerous probelms with eating disorders are....
* Excessive weight loss, malnourishment, starvation
* Brittle bones
* Anemia
* lack of essential vitamins and minerals
* Fatigue, dizziness, fainting
* Heart murmur, palpataions, failure
* Difficulty breathing
* Feeling cold when others are not, getting cold easily (higher risk of hypothermia)
* Poor circulation
* Kidney failure
* Liver damage, failure
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Is it life threatening when you sleep after eating?
No
Where is the best clinics to get help for aneroxia?
Mayo Clinic is a great eating disorder treatment center. Treatment depends on your particular disorder and the symptoms you are having. Eating disorders can become severe or even life threatening.
Are gastrointestinal disorders if not treated life threatening?
yes they are because you might develop cancer
What illegal drug do doctors prescribe to treat certain neurological disorders and life threatening obesity?
Phentermine
Why are eating disorders important to learn about?
To be blunt: they can kill you. You can die from an eating disorder - it is life & death. Explained: eating disorders are important to learn about because everybody needs & deserves help. Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression & only 1 in 10 people (that's both men & women!) with eating disorders receive treatment. On top of that, only 35% that receive treatment for eating disorders get it at a specialized facility for eating disorders.
What has the author Helen Bray-Garretson written?
Helen Bray-Garretson has written: 'Chaotic eating' -- subject(s): Christianity, Eating disorders, Patients, Religious aspects of Eating disorders, Religious life
Feelings of inadequacy low selfesteem and lack of control of ones life can contribut to eating disorders?
That is one of the leading causes of eating disorders. In fact I think that is essentially the only thing.
What is the study of eating disorders is called?
the study of eating disorders
When was Eating Disorders Association created?
Eating Disorders Association was created in 1989.
When was Eating Disorders Coalition created?
Eating Disorders Coalition was created in 2000.
How long do adolescents tend to have eating disorders?
It can go through their entire life if it's not treated.
2 eating disorders?
Two eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulemia nervosa.
