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Eating Dis

Eating disorders

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A psychiatric disorder involving a voluntary refusal to eat and maintain a minimal weight for height and age Anorexia Nervosa
Distorted body image and fear of becoming obese drives the excessive dieting and exercise of people with this disorder Anorexia Nervosa
Weight loss of at least __% of ideal body weight is associated with which eating disorder? Anorexia Nervosa
fine hair that grows on all parts of the body of a person with Anorexia languno
What would the vital signs of a person with anorexia look like? irregular heart beat, decreaed pulse and B/P due to lower blood volume
True or False: Amenorrhea for one month is a sign of Anorexia. Amenorrhea lasts at least 3 months
When a person consistently vomits which electrolyte levels are thrown off? there is decreased potassium due to vomiting, which causes dehydration. Dehydration stimulates aldosterone production which promotes further potassium excretion and sodium and water retension.
carefully monitor ___ and ____ intake. food, fluid
How would you weigh these patients? in the same cloths with back to scale to prevent manipulation and arguing about exact weight
Would you praise weight gain or the amount of food they take in? weight gain, not food intake
An eating disorder characterize by eating excessive amounts of food followed by self-induced vomiting. Bulimia Nervosa
True or False: Weight monitoring is important because bulimia patients are just as underweight as anorexic patients. FALSE: monitoring of weight is not as important with the bulimic patient because most are normal weight
If the patient is using syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting, what might it cause and what would you assess for? CHF and "wet" breath sounds.
characterized by eating binges followed by guilt Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
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