Discover how eating disorders impact the brain's neurotransmitter activity, stress pathways, and reward systems, influencing disordered patterns and challenging recovery.
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For individuals who are struggling or have struggled with an eating disorder, the uncertainty surrounding infertility and the ability to carry a baby can be worrisome. Eating disorders, particularly those that are characterized by severe food restriction, involve behaviors that can disrupt normal hormonal and reproductive function. While fertility is dependent on many factors, malnutrition, overexercise, and chronic stress can be major contributors to reproductive health.
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Gastrointestinal symptoms are nearly universal among individuals with eating disorders, and the prevalence of diagnosable digestive disorders is high in these populations. Comorbid digestive symptoms can render nutritional rehabilitation and eating disorder treatment incredibly challenging, and often requires multi-disciplinary care to optimize physical tolerance of an adequate, minimally-restricted diet.
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How often do you find yourself thinking about food, calories, weight, and exercise? While everyone struggles with food and body image concerns on occasion, for individuals with an eating disorder, these concerns can become a constant obsession. If you suspect that you or a loved one may have an eating disorder, it is important to seek help as soon as possible.
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Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses that affect every system of the human body. The cardiovascular system is comprised of the heart and blood vessels and is one of the most important systems in the body. Cardiovascular complications in eating disorders may occur as a result of the malnutrition and electrolyte disturbances commonly associated with these disorders.
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