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Table 1 Medical complications of anorexia nervosa

From: Anorexia nervosa – medical complications

Cardiovascular

Endocrine and Metabolic

  Bradycardia and hypotension

  Amenorrhea

  Mitral valve prolapse

  Infertility

  Sudden death - arrhythmia

  Osteoporosis

  Refeeding syndrome

  Thyroid Abnormalities

  Echo changes

  Hypercortisolemia

Dermatologic

  Hypoglycemia

  Dry skin

  Neurogenic diabetes insipidus

  Alopecia

  Arrested growth

  Lanugo hair

Hematologic

  Starvation-associated pruritis

  Pancytopenia due to starvation

Gastrointestinal

  Decreased sedimentation rate

  Constipation

Neurologic

  Refeeding pancreatitis

  Cerebral atrophy

  Acute gastric dilatation delayed gastric emptying

Opthalmic

  Hepatitis

  Lagopthalmos

  Dysphagia

Pulmonary

 

  Aspiration pneumonia

 

  Respiratory failure

 

  Spontaneous pneumothorax

 

  Emphysema