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Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa: Introduction

Anorexia Nervosa: People who intentionally starve themselves or severely restrict their food intake suffer from an eating disorder called ... more about Anorexia Nervosa.

Anorexia Nervosa: A disorder where a distorted sense of body image leads to self-starvation to the point of death in some cases. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Anorexia Nervosa is available below.

Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

• Weight changes
  • Weight loss
  • Thinness
  • Low body weight
  • Emaciation
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 78 symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Anorexia Nervosa: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Anorexia Nervosa:

• Weight loss
• Starvation
• Death - about 10% of cases end this way.
• Infections
• Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease)
• Cardiac arrest
• more complications...»

Disease Topics Related To Anorexia Nervosa

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Medical Textbooks Online about Anorexia Nervosa

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa?

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Anorexia Nervosa: Self Assessment Tools

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Anorexia Nervosa: Medical Mistakes

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Anorexia Nervosa: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Anorexia Nervosa

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Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians. Many...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed...read more »

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Anorexia Nervosa: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Anorexia Nervosa

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Anorexia Nervosa: Rare Types

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Causes of Anorexia Nervosa

• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Body image distortion
• Relationship difficulty (see Disorganization)
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Anorexia Nervosa

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Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

• Normal weight restoration
  • Supplemental feeding
  • Electrolyte imbalance treatments
  • Nutritional counseling
• Medications - usually only after normal weight has been re-established.
• more treatments...»

See full list of 11 treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

Latest Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

• CBT
• more treatments...»

Read more about the latest treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

News Archives for Anorexia Nervosa

Medical news articles related to Anorexia Nervosa include:

• Kids and Veggies: Offer Them and They Will Eat
• Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli
• You Own It, You'll Eat It
• Health Tip: Risk Factors for Anorexia
• FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Peanut Butter Products
• Health Tip: What Seniors Eat
• It Pays to Eat Less as You Age
• Health Tip: Eating in a Strange Land
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Anorexia Nervosa

Medical research articles related to Anorexia Nervosa include:

• Anorexia nervosa
• In anorexics are anti-depressants useful?
• Olanzapine in the treatment of low body weight and obsessive thinking in women with anorexia nervosa: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
• Is there any evidence that weight gain in anorexia nervosa is essential for recovery?
• Is there any evidence that increasing calcium intake above the RNI will help prevent osteoporosis in a patient with a past history of anorexia who is currently weight restored.
• more research...»

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Videos for Anorexia Nervosa

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Prognosis for Anorexia Nervosa

Prognosis for Anorexia Nervosa: National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in ten anorexic cases ends in death from starvation, suicide or medical complications like heart attacks or kidney failure. (Source: excerpt from Anorexia Nervosa: NWHIC)

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Reseach about Anorexia Nervosa

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Clinical Trials for Anorexia Nervosa

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Anorexia Nervosa include:

• Effects of Anorexia Nervosa on Bone Mass in Adolescents - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - estrogen/progesterone
• A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Risperidone for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Risperidone
• Drug Transport in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Efficacy of Readiness and Motivation Therapy in Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Funen Anorexia Nervosa Study - Retrospective Cohort Study and 10 Year Follow-Up Study - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 23 Clinical Trials for Anorexia Nervosa

Statistics for Anorexia Nervosa

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Anorexia Nervosa: Broader Related Topics

• Mood disorders
• Eating disorders
• Psychological disorders
• Psychiatric disorders
• Behavioral disorders
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Article Excerpts about Anorexia Nervosa

People who intentionally starve themselves or severely restrict their food intake suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss -- at least 15 percent below a young woman’s normal body weight. (Source: excerpt from Anorexia Nervosa: NWHIC)

Definitions of Anorexia Nervosa:

Syndrome in which the primary features include excessive fear of becoming overweight, body image disturbance, significant weight loss, refusal to maintain minimal normal weight, and amenorrhea. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994) - (Source - Diseases Database)

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Anorexia Nervosa is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Anorexia Nervosa, or a subtype of Anorexia Nervosa, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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