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| What is anorexia nervosa? |
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| A refusal to gain weight bc of a belief that one is overweight. A failure to maintain 85% of your body weight. Intense fear of becoming fat. Look for dental enamel erosion and lanugo development (fine downy body hair on trunk) to spot anorexia. |
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| True of False: The absence of atleast 3 menstrual cycles is a hallmark of anorexia. |
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| What are the two types of anorexia nervosa? |
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Definition
| Restricting type and the purging type |
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| True or False: A person suffering from anorexia will have a preoccuptaiton with food, collect recipes, or even hoard food. |
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| True or False: Anorexia and Anorexia Nervosa are the same thing |
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Definition
| False. Most with anorexia nervosa do not lose their appetite |
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| What are some hallmarks of bulima nervosa? |
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Definition
| binge eating with a discreet period, lack control over eating, inappropriate compensatory methods to prevent weight gain which occur atleast twice weekly for 3 months, most bulemics use fingers to stimulate the gag reflex, 1/3 use laxatives, they are usually within normal weight range |
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| What are the two types of Bulemia Nervosa? |
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| What are the differences between anorexia and bulemia? |
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Bulimia-usually normally weight, have out of control binges
Anorexia, they are underweight, lose menstrual cycles
There is controversy about the dx of those who no longer meet the full criteria for anorexia...once the periods resume or they are no longer underweight...are they simply in remission or do they actually have bulemia? |
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| What are some of the implications of eating disorders? |
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Definition
| social isolation, good employees, ADL usually not affected, usually very bright but have low self esteem and control issues |
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