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Anorexia: un trastorno alimentario
Para que le diagnostiquen anorexia, una persona debe:
Las personas con anorexia pueden limitar mucho la cantidad de alimento que comen, o comen y luego se provocan el vómito. Otros comportamientos abarcan:
Otros síntomas de anorexia pueden abarcar:
Con pruebas médicas, se deben descartar otras causas de la pérdida de peso o la atrofia muscular. Los ejemplos de otras afecciones que pueden causar estos síntomas abarcan:
Se deben hacer exámenes para ayudar a determinar la causa de la pérdida de peso o ver qué daño ha causado. Muchos de estos exámenes se repetirán con el tiempo para vigilar al paciente.
Estos exámenes pueden abarcar:
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American Psychiatric Association. Treatment of patients with eating disorders, third edition. American Psychiatric Association. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(7 Suppl):4-54.
le Grange D, Lock J, Loeb K, Nicholls D. Academy for eating disorders position paper: The role of the family in eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2009;43:1-5.
Fisher Ca, Hetrick SE, Rushford N. Family therapy for anorexia nervosa. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Apr 14; (4):CD004780.
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