Anorexia
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Home Care
diet
warning signs
Underlying Cause
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Anorexia Home Care: Warning Signs
Notify your doctor for anorexia and any of the following:
Vomiting blood
Black stools
Rectal bleeding
Worsening
weight loss
Loss of appetite for more than one month
Worsening
abdominal pain
Persistent
vomiting
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Anorexia Underlying Cause
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Anorexia nervosa
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Last Updated: Nov 3, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Anorexia References:
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Fairburn CG. Evidence-based treatment of anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2005;37 Suppl:S26-30; discussion S41-2.
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Wilcock A. Anorexia: a taste of things to come? Palliat Med. 2006 Jan;20(1):43-5.
Wonderlich SA, Lilenfeld LR, Riso LP, Engel S, Mitchell JE. Personality and anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2005;37 Suppl:S68-71; discussion S87-9.
