What are some of the health problems associated with anorexia nervosa?

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Question by WillsBroncoGal: What are some of the health problems associated with anorexia nervosa?

What are some of the health problems associated with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder? Explain, from a physiological standpoint, how eating disorders may lead to health problems. Give at least three examples to support your answer.




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Answer by Bashful Bondage Bunny
I've watched my sister with her food issues. She does all of this and tries to make up for it by drinking liquid vitamins, taking supplements, and eating vegan / health nut lifestyle.... yet she cannot controll herself at the end of the day because she is hungry and goes into a trance and eats everything in the kitchen she is not supposed to eat. Shes lactose intolerant and allergic to peanuts yet the first thing she goes for in this trance is cheese, dairy, and peanut butter. It is weird to watch her do this, she will pick up the food, then stare me right in the eyes as she eat it... its like robotic. I left raw pastry dough on the counter once and she ate it all... then puked it up! Then went to the gym and worked out for 2 hours because she couldn't get it all up.... She can't eat just one bite of cheese, or one piece of pie, or one spoonful of peanutbutter... its got to be half a pie, the whole block of cheese, half the jar of peanut butter... this is the same person that will read all ingredients lists for animal products, gluten, bad oils, fats, artificial sweeteners, etc... She has health problems now. She cant keep up in kickboxing class anymore because she feels like crap. She involuntarily pukes if she eats too much salt, sugar, fat, or just too much at once, her stomach is too sensitive to everything now. We go to starbucs and she could order a regular frap and puke before she finishes half of it because her stomach just can't take it... I can see it in her hair skin in nails that shes sickly and she tries to make up for it by spending hundreds on a hair lady every week, getting spray tan and big money creams and potions for the skin... she gets sick all the time too. Every time i see her she has a cold, or a touch of the flu, or something! She is not well. She used to be ripped like a fitness model from all the kickboxing and working out, now shes loosing her muscle. ...Shes obsessed with food and body image yet she can't see what she is doing to herself and she tries to make up for it with her diet (that is when she doesn't go on a binge every evening...) but it just doesn't compensate.

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