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Overview
Condition Specific Sites
Symptoms
- Anorexia
- Weight loss, sometimes achieved by self-induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives, use of diuretics or exercise
- Refusal to maintain normal body weight, sometimes maintaining a weight 15 percent or more below normal body weight
- Intense fear of gaining weight
- Negatively altered body image
- In females, menstrual changes or the absence of menstruation
- Anxious or ritualistic behavior at mealtimes
- Fatigue
- Depression
- Irregular heart rate
- Lightheadedness
- Mild anemia
- Brittle nails and hair
- Bulimia
- Recurrent episodes of binge eating
- Feeling that you can't control your eating behavior
- Eating much more food in a binge episode than in a normal meal or snack
- Following a binge with efforts to prevent weight gain — such as self-induced vomiting, using laxatives or other medications, fasting or excessive exercise
- Unhealthy focus on your body shape and weight
- Dehydration
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Depression
- Irritability
- Dry, sometimes yellowed skin
- Damaged teeth and gums from gastric acid contained in vomit
- Swollen cheeks from regular vomiting
- Irregular heartbeat
- Binge eating disorder
- Recurrent — at least two a week — episodes of compulsive overeating not followed by purging
- No control over eating behavior
- Feelings of shame or guilt
- Fatigue
- Joint pain
- Gallbladder disease
- Increased blood pressure and cholesterol levels
Diagnosis
Treatments
Ogranizations and Patient-Centered Sites
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