What are the long term effects for anorexia nerosa?

Answer 1

Anorexia in the long-term, if not treated properly, can be fatal. The health concerns of anorexia - even if an individual is treated and recovered - can include life-long problems associated with anemia, osteoporosis/brittle bones, and heart problems.

Answer 2

There are lot's of long term effects of anorexia. The longer you leave the illness, the harder it becomes to beat and the more it harms you. Women's period's stop, meaning if left too long it may be impossible to have children. You can develop IBS or are at risk of osteoporosis. If anorexia is left too long you could result in a heart attack or heart failure as your body is left under a lot of strain.

Answer 3

Pretty much all of them due the strain (vital) organs endure without nourishment; the skin, heart, brain, liver. The effects of anorexia that can persist throughout the victim's lifetime are a higher risk of developing osteoporosis later due to the deprivation of calcium, infertility or difficulty conceiving, anemia, stunted growth (in adolescent victims), psycho-neurological problems, e.x depression and anxiety, and neurological problems, e.x seizures, peripheral neuropathy which is a tingling and numbness in the limbs. Diabetics who had anorexia risk a likely chance of developing retinopathy, an eye condition that often causes blindness. Some such as infertility and neurological complications are often permanent.
Anorexia and eating disorders can damage the kidneys. This is done through not eating properly, and severe damage can happen if diet pills or other such medications are taken. Weakened kidneys can malfunction, and some anorexics even face kidney failure.

Answer 4

If left un-treated for too long, or just bad enough for too long, anorexia can be fatal. (About 20% of all anorexics will eventually die due to the disease or a problem of the disease, like organ failure.) Anorexia can cause permanant damage to the heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs. There can also be permanant hair problems where hair and skin may never regrow or remain damaged for the rest of the person's life.