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I've had a eating disorder for about 7 years now how wil it effect my bones an organs at the moment im 5.6 and weigh 7 and half stone i take laxs+water?
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Get medical help: No personal or individual treatment or diagnosis can be offered here. If someone had a persisting eating disorder for 7 years they shoudl be under close medical, psychiatric and psychological care which would provide far more than the basic education that eating disorders can cause heart and organ damage or failure . For a start on education read here: http://cpancf.Com/eatingdisorders.Asp.
Answered 11/16/2012
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It will : Eating disorders predispose you to mineral loss in bones, decrease in potassium and chlorides leading to heart problems. Decrease in body iron will lead to anemia.
Answered 10/3/2016
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