I think my daughter has anorexia nervosa, excessive exercise. What do I do?
3 doctors weighed in:
I think my daughter has anorexia nervosa, excessive exercise. What do I do?
3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gamal Boutros
Neurology
In brief:
Serious
There is essential criteria to diagnose anorexia nervosa , usually patient can be very thin, they think they are overweight--they have body image distortion-this affect their body systems
if doctor diagnose her , therapy is long include social, councelling, nutritional, include hospitalization
ask the doctor.
In brief:
Serious
There is essential criteria to diagnose anorexia nervosa , usually patient can be very thin, they think they are overweight--they have body image distortion-this affect their body systems
if doctor diagnose her , therapy is long include social, councelling, nutritional, include hospitalization
ask the doctor.
Dr. Gamal Boutros
Thank
Dr. Neil Liebowitz
Psychiatry
In brief:
Anorexia
Anorexia is a complex disease that involve excessive loss of wt (>85% of ideal wt) with either refusal to eat (restrictive) or purging.
There are distortions of body image and loss of menstral periods. Excessive exercise might be part of it but there needs to be the other components. What is excessive? The underlying issue may be body image or some ocd. Open dialogue of why is she doing it.
In brief:
Anorexia
Anorexia is a complex disease that involve excessive loss of wt (>85% of ideal wt) with either refusal to eat (restrictive) or purging.
There are distortions of body image and loss of menstral periods. Excessive exercise might be part of it but there needs to be the other components. What is excessive? The underlying issue may be body image or some ocd. Open dialogue of why is she doing it.
Dr. Neil Liebowitz
Thank
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