Eating disorders health risks
Common Questions and Answers about Eating disorders health risks
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Either you are about to break into viral fever or you have hypothyroidism, diabetes, VIT B12 deficiency or you have not been eating properly and hence have hypoglycemia attacks. Eat well, drink plenty of fluids and get these disorders tested.
Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Take care!
I think he means if you're overweight? being overweight, I've been told it does tax the heart in it's workload.
Even when you're overweight, obese, too heavy (been there done that) you can have clean arteries and blood work and perfect levels and be "healthy as a horse" so to speak. It all depends on your eating and exercise habits =) the same as being underweight.
Since eating disorders can be as high as 20% on college campuses, many colleges have specialists in eating disorders. Eating disorders are quite complex. They are genetic, psychological, social and spirtiual disorders. They can seemingly even disappear at certain times in individuals lives. And then come back with a vengance! You could visit the bella vita website to learn more about eating disorders. Wishing you the best in addressing your current struggle!
Whenever I bring this topic up to my health care providers, they gloss over the importance of exercise and diet,and minimize the concern since I've always had a BMI of 30 or less. Of course, this offers nothing for my physical limitations to vigorous exercise, and my "appetite disorder" as I call it.
My thyroid labs are normal, and I'm otherwise very healthy with the exception of needing effexor for mild anxiety/depression.
I have never heard of DBT being used for eating disorders. It is an excellent program used for Borderline Personality Disorder; have you been diagnosed with that? For some people with BPD there is a strong tendency to eating disorders as well as other addictions, so if you are diagnosed with BPD it could help your eating disorder indirectly to get treatment for that.
What did the doctor you saw recommend? Nothing?
I can no longer sit down at work and have meetings bc I need to get up n run . Eating is a difficult task bc I focus on my swallowing . I fear the usual things now like hiv and cancer . I drink n wake up the next day n think I got raped by someone with no evidence but bc I fear hiv I freak out . Now I found a bubble on my tongue and I’m googling oral cancer .
As long as they aren't first cousins or brother/sister it's not a big deal. Genetically there is enough difference at that level that their risks aren't increased anymore then anyone else. If they are worried they can do prenatal screening.
I been having dizziness spells after eating. I went to the dr. for chest pain, fainting spells. He order a holter monitor and did some labs, everything came back normal. He gave me some meds. for anxiety the didnt help. I have GERD and endometriosis. I take nexium for gerd. Any suggestions out there? Tired of having these spells....
Some options are to talk to your family doctor, seek a therapist (one experienced in eating disorders) and/or attend meetings of Overeater's Anonymous (OA). Don't let the name scare you away; it is for people with various types of eating disorders. Good luck to you.
Just to let you know it's possible, I have been in recovery from my eating disorder for 15 years.
I strongly encourage you to meet with a mental health professional that is trained in eating disorders for a consultation. They can do a full assessment and recommend the appropriate level of care. For more information about the different kinds of eating disorders and the different levels of care available, you can visit the bella vita website. Best regards, Dr.
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